Vancouver’s BNSF railyard has a venerable visitor for the next few days: a working steam locomotive. The Southern Pacific 4449 arrived at midday Monday for a few days of video production work, which ...

The 443 ton, 110-foot-long, 5,500 horsepower steam locomotive is an altogether breathtaking sight. I was invited to check out the train's preparation this afternoon at the roundhouse nestled deep ...

Fargo's rails will take a step back in the past this week when a steam locomotive rolls through town. The Southern Pacific Daylight No. 4449 will make a stop in Fargo today and Thursday during its ...

A steam locomotive traveling from Oregon to Michigan churned into Grand Forks for a brief respite at the Amtrak depot Wednesday afternoon. "We stopped here just to grease things up, and then we'll be ...

The Southern Pacific Daylight No. 4449 steam locomotive that stopped in Fargo on Wednesday was parked on the west edge of the North Dakota State University campus. A story on Page C1 of Wednesday's ...

Chuffing, hissing and moaning, steam engines are like mythic creatures — dragonlike spectacles that draw a crowd wherever they go. But in October 1956, the era of daily steam engines was ending in San ...

Deep in the jungle of trains, rails and cargo trucks at Brooklyn Rail Yard in Southeast Portland, a beast is coming to life. A 110-foot-long, 433-ton, 5,500-horsepower beast. It's the , one of the ...

Volunteer crew member Mark Kramer of Portland, Ore. walks around the historic steam engine 4449 of the Southern Pacific Railroad after it stopped in Spokane Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Hundreds of buffs ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (PORTLAND TRIBUNE) — The annual Holiday Express steam locomotive rides begin again Friday, Nov. 26, after a one-year delay prompted by COVID-19 restrictions. The round trips from the ...

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FARGO Fargo's rails will take a step back in the past this week when a steam locomotive rolls through town. The Southern Pacific Daylight No. 4449 will make a stop in Fargo today and Thursday during ...