It hasn’t run in decades, its boiler is cold, and its steel bones are scattered in pieces across a rail yard — but for $50,000, the dream of breathing life into a century-old steam locomotive, and ...

Unfortunately, the Baldwin did exactly that, running out of coal in Independence. Blanchard had to fetch 10 buckets full from the railroad's stockpile, so owner Scott Symans, of Dunkirk, N.Y., could ...

Dubbed a 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive because of its wheel arrangement, the locomotive is on a tour to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad. Weighing in at nearly 550 tons, the ...