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 ...

Further expansions to the design included four "triplex" locomotives - three Erie ... Today's Pennsylvania Railroad T1 Trust is designing and building a replica. Articulated steam locomotives ...

Further expansions to the design included four “triplex” locomotives — three Erie 2-8-8-8-2s and one ... A footnote: Today’s Pennsylvania Railroad T1 Trust is designing and building a replica.

It cannot carry such a high pressure as a steam engine ... lately made on the New York and Erie Railroad, it was found that a common broad-gauge locomotive in good order could pull with a force ...

Canadian National today unveiled its first new medium horsepower hybrid electric locomotive, a Q19-2.4GH developed in collaboration with Knoxville Locomotive Works. The 3,200 horsepower unit, No. 7100 ...

“If there’s reincarnation, I want to come back as a shop cat," Railway President Mark Bassett said. To Bassett, the collection of antique mechanical giants — steam locomotives — is able to ...

Tochigi Prefecture--Steam and diesel locomotive operators are testing replacing environmentally unfriendly power sources for the trains to help reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Tobu Railway ...

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 ...

The steam pipes and water pipes are in house and ready to be attached with the boiler. Then, the volunteers can move on to building the cab of the locomotive ... but we're told it will be event that ...

The dawning of a new year brings with it new experiences and events to look forward to in Erie. From the musical evenings of Eight Great Tuesdays to the entertainment downtown with Celebrate Erie ...

A Canadian freighter with 17 people on board got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie while departing Buffalo, according to the Coast Guard, which arrived with icebreaking equipment Thursday to begin ...