This video showcases a rare Live Steam model train produced by the English company "BOWMAN" around 1932. The 0-4-0 locomotive likely had an original green color. The seller mentioned that he last saw ...

A live steam locomotive is returning to the North Shore after engines of its kind have been absent for a decade. Locomotive 2719, an ALCO steam engine built in 1923, will make a trip from the Duluth ...

This video showcases a rare live steam model train produced by the German company "BING" around 1920. The model, which was in very bad shape with rust and seized pistons, underwent a restoration ...

Pacific Grove >> “This is what happens when the boys’ toys get out of hand,” said Ken Burns, while standing next to a miniature live steam locomotive Sunday at the American Tin Cannery. A retired ...

Marty Knox of Freeland has worked in many technical fields during his long career, from running and maintaining full-sized locomotives to working on the Stars Wars Strategic Defense Initiative. These ...

LAKE LINDEN, MI – This 1915 locomotive sat silently for years. Now, it’s chugging back to life. The Houghton County Historical Society has restored and recertified the Calumet & Hecla Mine #3 Steam ...

Nineteen thirty-six had been a very good year at the Lima Locomotive Works. In its review of the year past on New Year’s Day 1937 the Lima News judged the plant’s resurgence second in importance only ...

In the January 1949 issue, Popular Mechanics witnessed the end of the steam locomotive era as the American Locomotive Company, in its 100th year of operation (when combined with the history of its pre ...