A bit of railroad history rolled through San Clemente on Sunday. For a day, Santa Fe Locomotive 3751, said to have pulled the last steam passenger train between Los Angeles and San Diego in August, ...

A piece of American history will be on display this weekend in downtown Los Angeles as part of a rail safety event at Union Station. The San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society will be delivering ...

SAN BERNARDINO – The platform was packed for the belching black behemoth’s arrival. Hundreds showed up at the Santa Fe Depot on Saturday to catch a rare glimpse of the vintage steam locomotive.

About 25 years ago, a group of Southern California train enthusiasts made either the best or the worst investment of their lives, depending on how you look at it. For the grand sum of $1, they bought ...

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Rock Island, IL – In July 2011, Rock Island will host America's Largest Celebration of Railroading of the year. It is only fitting that one of the largest operating steam locomotives in the world will ...

Today's installment for "Throwback Thursday" takes us to the southeast corner of the Kansas State Fairgrounds. In the middle 1950s, the railroads were making the conversion from steam to diesel ...