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 ...

CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad says it’s acquiring a 65-year-old steam locomotive from the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore. Spokeswoman Jody Shaw said Wednesday that ...

Founded in l830, the Philadelphia-based Baldwin Locomotive Works grew into the world's largest steam locomotive builder. Baldwin locomotives ruled the rails of countries large and small in North and ...

Dec. 10—CUMBERLAND — The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad's steam locomotive No. 1309 made a successful test run Thursday to Frostburg. The trial run was another step forward for the massive Baldwin ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The ¾ inch to 1 foot scale model of the 2-6-2 Baldwin Locomotive built by ...

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. NEVADA CITY - Loving a steam locomotive is finding Heaven in what some people may think of as ...

Two gentlemen of Detroit, in Manhattan last week, were the victims of a Philadelphia mis-understanding. They, C. R. Bitting and R. F. Shields, had gone to Phil-adelphia early in the week expecting to ...

The locomotive in Pioneer Park is Thunder Lake Lumber Company No. 5, better known as the 5 Spot, and this year it turned 100 ...