GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- A steam locomotive built 123 years ago is about to get a $1.3 million life-boosting rebuild. The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation has awarded the grant funds to the Genesee County ...

It was the 1950s, a transitional postwar era when road transportation was still picking up pace, and railways did the heavy lifting. Steam engines were on the way out as diesel locomotives gained a ...

A massive steam locomotive will be celebrating 250 years of American independence by making its first-ever coast-to-coast tour. Union Pacific has announced that the first leg of the tour of its ...

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with an additional date for the Ogden, Utah, stop initially omitted by Union Pacific. (NEXSTAR) – The wait is over, sort of. Union Pacific has announced the ...

(NEXSTAR) — The ground rumbles. A billowing cloud of steam forms in the sky. Then suddenly, the 1.2 million-pound locomotive known as Big Boy No. 4014 is pulling into a station near you. It won’t be ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - As the organizations across the country prepare for the nation’s 250th birthday, Union Pacific is set to roll out one of its historic attractions. Big Boy No. 4014, the world ...

Engine 557 sits on rails in front of its home shop in Wasilla. The 557 Restoration Company fired up the old steam locomotive Nov. 8, 2025, for the first time since the 1950s. The last steam locomotive ...

All aboard: the world's largest operating steam locomotive could be rolling through Texas on tour in 2026. On Monday, Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena announced that Big Boy No. 4014 would embark on its ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The world's largest steam engine will return to the rails in 2026. Union Pacific Railroad said Big Boy No. 4014 will return to the rails in a "big way" in honor of America's 250th ...

Trains are a popular concept in the lengthy queue of Lego set fan ideas, and one potential set has ties to Michigan. Fans have started two separate petitions on the Lego website to get the Pere ...

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