Steam locomotives, as a technological product of the 19th century, are not what you would imagine as fragile machines. The engineering involved is not inconsequential, there is little about them that ...

From the Winona Daily News Centennial Edition, Nov. 20, 1955. The last five years have witnessed a revival of early day activities at the railroad shops operated here for more than half a century by ...

There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few places, but ...

RAILWAY AGE SEPTEMBER 2025 ISSUE: Repairing and rebuilding locomotives in Altoona, Pa., has been a blue-collar activity for a very long time, and Norfolk Southern’s Juniata Locomotive Shop—a 21st ...