CLEVELAND — The cancellation of the 2026 American Freedom Train tour has disappointed many who wished to experience the sequel to the late Ross Rowland’s beloved 1975-76 exhibition. That ...

Big Boy No. 4014 has several Pennsylvania stops during its America's 250th anniversary tour, marking the first time the ...

An original Reading Railroad locomotive may soon be back on the tracks. After more than a decade of work, a project to restore Locomotive No. 2100 is wrapping up, according to representatives of ...

The world’s largest operating steam locomotive will roll through Schuylkill County in June, make a nearly two-week stop in ...

(NEXSTAR) – The historic, 1.2 million-pound Big Boy No. 4014 locomotive will soon depart for the Western leg of its first-ever coast-to-coast tour, with new details about its Eastern journey being ...

(NEXSTAR) – There will be countless celebrations this year in honor of America’s semiquincentennial (aka, its 250th anniversary), but none may be as massive as a 1.2 million-pound locomotive rolling ...

The freshly painted SD40-2 #1776 engine, left, poses at Jim Thorpe Yard next to the usual power for the Pittston excursions. PORT CLINTON — The newly painted Reading & Northern SD40-2 diesel ...

ELECTRIC. CONSTRUCTION STARTS NEXT WEEK. HAPPENING TODAY. THE WORLD’S LARGEST OPERATING STEAM LOCOMOTIVE OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES ITS HISTORIC COAST TO COAST TOUR IN CELEBRATION OF AMERICA’S 250TH ...

Steam locomotives of the Reading and P & R railroads : the complete history from the 10-ton Pioneer engines of 1837 to the last giant 220- ton T1s of the 1970s / Edward H. Wiswesser Smithsonian ...