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BUFFALO — A legendary steam locomotive will be traveling through portions of the GLOW region this summer. The Union Pacific Railroad Company has announced that its iconic “Big Boy” No. 4014 steam ...

One person has been seriously injured after an explosion in the engine compartment of a steam train at the Glenbrook Vintage Railway. Fire and Emergency New Zealand sent four trucks to the vintage ...

Periculum privatum utilitas publica. “At private risk for public service.” That was the motto of the Stockton and Darlington Railway company, which in 1825 ran the world’s first steam engine carrying ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The world's largest steam engine will spend a little more time in its old home than initially advertised. Union Pacific on Tuesday unveiled dozens of more stops that the Big Boy No.

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