The steam era of railroading in the United States is among the most storied, transformative legacies in the long saga of American industrialization. Chugging, hissing locomotives that spewed plumes of ...

What a time to make such a suggestion, because one such loco just surfaced for sale on eBay of all places. As all the foamers out there can tell you, this is a Baldwin Locomotive Works 2-10-4 “Texas” ...

ASTORIA, Ore. — Pulled by a winch from a Caterpillar, the hulking frame of the No. 21 Baldwin steam locomotive engine inched its way under a boiler weighing more than 20 tons, perched on four Jenga ...

This past weekend, I trekked to the Texas Transportation Museum for the express purpose of taking a ride on a historic 1925 Baldwin steam engine. What I wasn't expecting was all the chaos that ensued ...

Staid Baldwin Locomotive Co. had dozed at the switch. Once it made nearly half of all U.S. locomotives, but in the last five years its share of business has dropped to less than 10%. Unwilling to ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Come to Virginia City and ride the Alder Gulch Shortline Steam Train under the moonlight. Aug. 7 ...

All aboard! The steam locomotive is running again in Old Poway Park. The City of Poway and the Poway Midland Railroad Volunteers celebrated the return of No. 3 Baldwin Steam Locomotive on Saturday.

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