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, ...

Vancouver’s BNSF railyard has a venerable visitor for the next few days: a working steam locomotive. The Southern Pacific 4449 arrived at midday Monday for a few days of video production work, which ...

The 443 ton, 110-foot-long, 5,500 horsepower steam locomotive is an altogether breathtaking sight. I was invited to check out the train's preparation this afternoon at the roundhouse nestled deep ...

KALAMAZOO -- Like the rarity of seeing Halley's Comet or the phenomenon of next week's solar eclipse, a catch-it-while-you-can event will take place in Southwest Michigan on Sunday morning.The ...

Portland’s oft-photographed steam locomotive will be back in action Saturday and Sunday, and can be seen in Clark County on four occasions. The SP4449 will pull a train of 12 vintage passenger cars ...

Train buffs lined the tracks Sunday in Kalamazoo as the Southern Pacific 4449 steam locomotive passed through town. The locomotive made an unscheduled stop for about 5 minutes at the train station in ...