August 27, 2015 | Headlines, Historic/Steam
(Source: Los Angeles Times, August 26, 2015) LOS ANGELES — Whether it’s a hoax, wishful thinking or a bombshell discovery, the claim of two treasure hunters to have found a legendary Nazi train laden with gold is stirring up excitement in western Poland. Full...
August 12, 2015 | Headlines, Historic/Steam
(Source: Associated Press, August 12, 2015) DETROIT — Windows are going in at a long-shuttered train depot that for nearly two decades has been one of Detroit’s best-known eyesores. Full story: Detroit Free Press
July 30, 2015 | Headlines, Historic/Steam
(Source: Associated Press, July 30, 2015) MARQUETTE, Mich. — A historical marker has been placed in Marquette to commemorate the location of the first steam railroad in the Upper Peninsula. Full story: www.fox28.com
July 7, 2015 | Headlines, Historic/Steam
(Source: MPR News, July 6, 2015) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — This year marks 150 years since the end of the Civil War and, five days later, the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Full story and audio: www.mprnews.org
July 7, 2015 | Headlines, Historic/Steam
(Source: Associated Press, July 7, 2015) KENNESAW, Ga. — A Cobb County lawmaker says he won’t fight a state agency’s ruling that one of the trains involved in The Great Locomotive Chase is owned by the city of Atlanta. Full story:...
July 6, 2015 | Headlines, Historic/Steam
(Source: Bloomington Pantagraph, July 6, 2015) LINCOLN, Neb. — The smell of diesel exhaust and old lumber filled the air as Melvin Anderson carefully moved controls in his excavator, trying not to damage two old Illinois Central Railroad passenger cars. The two cars,...
June 25, 2015 | Headlines, Historic/Steam
(Source: Omaha World-Herald, June 24, 2015) OMAHA, Neb. — Ross Rowland organized the American Freedom Train that steamed around the country to celebrate the nation’s 1976 Bicentennial. Now the railroad enthusiast from Pottstown, Pennsylvania, is organizing the Yellow...
June 8, 2015 | Headlines, Historic/Steam
(Source: The Examiner, June 7, 2015) SAN FRANCISCO — When scholars at Stanford University began the arduous project three years ago of unearthing the history of Chinese workers who helped build the transcontinental railroad during the 1860s, they weren’t sure they...
June 1, 2015 | Headlines, Historic/Steam, NS
(Source: Roanoke Times, May 30, 2015) ROANOKE, Va. — Rail fans from all around the country followed the train’s progress online, traveled to places all along the 200-mile route to capture new photos of the engine in motion, and even boarded the train for a nostalgic...
May 28, 2015 | Headlines, Historic/Steam
(Source: Roanoke Times, May 28, 2015) ROANOKE, Va. — The N&W only made 14 Class-J passenger steam engines. Considered some of the most powerful engines of their kind, they were assembled in Roanoke’s East End Shops. Built in 1950, the 611 is the last one left,...
