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Attention, Illinois train lovers: You've got one last chance to catch Union Pacific's iconic 4014 Big Boy steam engine before the locomotive chugs away. The classic train stopped in three Illinois ...

You can’t keep a good locomotive down—especially when it has the momentum of history behind it. No matter how many times they’ve been repainted for how many purposes, retired and then rehired, ...

Union Pacific Railroad’s classic steam locomotive No. 844 stopped in Grand Island for about 30 minutes Monday afternoon for periodic lubricating, but only about 40 people knew it and were able to see ...

In railroad lore, one steam engine stands above the rest as the ultimate expression of American Industrial art and science. Dormant for decades, it now lives again, restored in all its glory.

Tells the story of classic steam locomotives including King Edward I, Green Arrow, Taw Valley, Flying Scotsman, Clan Line, and the Black Five, Castle and Manor classes, beautifully capturing the ...

Chuffing, hissing and moaning, steam engines are like mythic creatures — dragonlike spectacles that draw a crowd wherever they go. But in October 1956, the era of daily steam engines was ending in San ...

The Daily Gazette is reprinting excerpts of the late Larry Hart’s long-running column, “Tales of Old Dorp.” Today, Hart is in memory mode — remembering the sights and sounds of Schenectady’s big ...

Editor's Note: Tuesday's timing schedule for the Union Pacific 4014 Big Boy in Nokomis, Illinois has changed. The latest information can be found here. Our original story continues below. Illinois ...