A crew member looks out from the cab of Union Pacific Railroad’s Big Boy No. 4014 as another worker stands atop the hulking ...

In this new column called Ask Madison, Madison O’Hara, a Victoria native and Advocate reporter, answers questions readers have about anything and everything to do with the Crossroads. Email your ...

OTTAWA COUNTY, MI — A locomotive that played a critical part of an Ottawa County coal power plant that’s closing is one of the pieces of the plant finding new life. For decades, a yellow gigantic ...

Employees at Cummins Seymour Engine Plant will soon find themselves busier on the heels of the company’s announcement of a deal to make 75 locomotive engines for Siemens Mobility’s Charger locomotives ...

Despite recent advancements in battery technology and electrification, most freight trains in the U.S. still rely on diesel ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo welcomed a new diesel engine to its train fleet. An inaugural ride for Engine No. 2025 is open to the public on Saturday, Sept. 13. The long-running steam locomotives, a ...

Like the physical engine itself, the fate of Soo Line Locomotive 2719 appears to be back in Duluth's hands. The city of Eau Claire, which had been working on a return of the locomotive it owns, curbed ...

A locomotive engine of historic significance is on display at the Crow Wing County Fairground. Discussions have taken place to preserve that part of Brainerd’s railroad history by erecting a roof over ...

ELY, Nev. (KTNV) — In one Nevada community, the history of the American railway is kept alive and well. "Our trains are 100 and 150 years old, and that's what we run. We have people who will reserve ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo's popular zoo train will undergo some changes this year. The train's two steam locomotive engines will leave the zoo; they've been sold to the Riverside & Great Northern ...

An inaugural ride for Engine No. 2025 is open to the public on Saturday, Sept. 13. The long-running steam locomotives, a visitor favorite, took their final lap last year. MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee ...