Discover a rare model train produced by JEP (Jouets De Paris) between 1932 and 1945. This particular 5772L type "2B2 E501 PO" in O gauge features a heavy construction with eight ballast weights. The ...

Ever check out the list prices of brand-new main line diesel-electric locomotives? They are expensive, about $3 million each. Are you mesmerized by the horsepower quoted? Nah! You want tractive effort ...

This is a model train produced by Hornby / Meccano around 1954. It's pretty rusted and the clockwork mechanism was completely seized. I didn't want to disassemble this engine not to damage the ...

The repair shop at Strasburg Rail Road is fully stocked. There are locomotives from the 1800s, antique tools and plenty of spare parts. But a woman has never graced the shop. That changed recently ...

GOLDEN, Colo. — After years of restoration, the famous Rio Grande Southern Locomotive No. 20 rolled into the Colorado Railroad Museum Tuesday. For the past 12 years, it's been undergoing restoration ...

Steam locomotives, as a technological product of the 19th century, are not what you would imagine as fragile machines. The engineering involved is not inconsequential, there is little about them that ...

An original Reading Railroad locomotive may soon be back on the tracks. After more than a decade of work, a project to restore Locomotive No. 2100 is wrapping up, according to representatives of ...