American railroading began in the Capital District. On December 28, 1825, Schenectady County native (Duanesburg) George Featherstonhaugh (pronounced fen-shaw) ran a newspaper notice announcing the ...

Jervis, who was hired as an axeman on the Erie Canal in 1817 ... and Hudson Railroad and was the first railroad engineer to design a 4-2-0 steam locomotive; the 4-2-0 type is called the Jervis ...

A Bethlehem museum is adding world-renowned photographs to its list of collections. WDIY’s James Zipprodt reports.

which features significant early steam locomotives and a variety of antique, hand-crafted railroad models, including a scale broad gauge Erie Railroad 4-4-0. Among my favorite London train ...

The entire family may also enjoy riding the train (Cedar Point and Lake Erie Railroad), a real coal-fired steam locomotive, one of only a few remaining in the world! You can smell and hear it coming.

He worked at Erie General Electric Co mainly in Test of the Locomotives. He retired in 2016. George never met a stranger and he was kindhearted. George loved his family, and friends, and spending ...

California has withdrawn its pending waiver and authorization requests that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not yet acted on. In a win for railroads, this includes the In-Use ...

This spring, the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad is bringing back its Steam in the Valley event, featuring the Nickel Plate Road steam locomotive 765, one of the only fully operational mainline ...

The Flying Scotsman is coming to Nene Valley Railway in Peterborough This ... Running heritage locomotives, especially steam, is very expensive and many people don’t realise the costs behind ...

Southern Locomotives Ltd has issued an update regarding the biggest project the group is currently undertaking, which is ...

Erie Otters head coach Stan Butler will not join the team for its upcoming road trip. The Otters revealed this news in a statement Thursday, citing an “ongoing internal review of team policy.” ...