Dollywood Express trains swap coal for oil-fired steam engines

This upcoming season, Dollywood will no longer be home to coal-powered trains. This change is expected to make the ...
phillyvoice.com

Century-old, steam-powered train built in Philadelphia restored as 'living museum' in central Pennsylvania

The steam era of railroading in the United States is among the most storied, transformative legacies in the long saga of American industrialization. Chugging, hissing locomotives that spewed plumes of ...
WGAL

Pa. students ride century-old steam locomotive to school

HUNTINGDON COUNTY, JUST WEST OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, MAKING SOME HISTORY TODAY. INSTEAD OF BOARDING THE BIG YELLOW BUS, THEY GOT ON A STEAM LOCOMOTIVE BUILT MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO. NOW THAT’S THE ...
The Durango Herald

Last coal-fired engine departs Durango train station, marking end of an era

Saturday marked the bittersweet end of an era for Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad with the last departure of the railroad’s sole remaining coal-burning locomotive, Engine No. 481. The last ...
WKBW

'Something special about a steam engine': 104-year-old locomotive rides again at Arcade & Attica Railroad

Hello! I cover Chautauqua County for 7 News WKBW. If you have a story idea, please email me at Maki.Becker@wkbw.com ARCADE, N.Y. (WKBW) — Steam Engine #18 is back on the rails again at the Arcade & ...