Aug 19, 2026
The Last of Its Kind: Why Norfolk & Western No. 475 Is the Only Operating 4-8-0 in North America
Sold for scrap in 1961 and rescued a year later, No. 475 is now the only operating 4-8-0 locomotive on the continent,…
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Aug 18, 2026
Still Coal Fired Over Cumbres Pass: The Enduring Run of No. 484
One of the last two coal-fired K-36 Mikados still in regular service, No. 484 has hauled trains over the 10,015-foot Cumbres Pass…
Aug 17, 2026
The K-28 That Never Left Colorado: The Wartime Story Behind Durango & Silverton No. 473
While seven of its sister engines were shipped to Alaska during World War II and later scrapped, No. 473 stayed home in…
Aug 16, 2026
The Oldest Engine in Any Disney Park: How Fred Gurley No. 3 Went From a Louisiana Scrapyard to Daily Service
Built in 1894 for the Louisiana sugar industry, Fred Gurley No. 3 was nearly forgotten before Disney's own machinists gave it a…
Aug 15, 2026
The Locomotive Named for a Disney Legend: The Story of Ward Kimball No. 5
How a 1902 Louisiana sugar-cane engine became the only Disneyland Railroad locomotive named for an animator instead of a railroad executive.
Aug 14, 2026
No. 4014, the Big Boy: How the World’s Largest Steam Locomotive Got a Second Act
Retired in 1961 and parked for five decades, Union Pacific's No. 4014 came back in 2019 as the only operating Big Boy…
Aug 13, 2026
No. 844: The One Steam Locomotive Union Pacific Never Actually Retired
From the Overland Limited to Nebraska freight duty to a 1960 decision that changed everything, No. 844 is the only Class I…
Aug 12, 2026
John Bull: The 1831 Locomotive That’s Still the Oldest Runner in the World
Shipped disassembled from England and rebuilt by trial and error in 11 days, John Bull earned a record in 1981 that still…
Aug 11, 2026
No. 611, the Spirit of Roanoke: Virginia’s Own Queen of Steam
The sole surviving Norfolk & Western Class J locomotive, built in-house at Roanoke Shops, still runs today after two separate restorations decades…
Aug 10, 2026
No. 4449: The Daylight Streamliner That Became America’s Bicentennial Train
How Southern Pacific's fastest, most glamorous passenger locomotive went from two decades of static display to carrying the American Freedom Train across…