The builder of a roadside restaurant attraction in Ohio has claimed one of four steam engines abandoned in a Roanoke scrap yard. Terry Byrne intends to haul off his find today aboard a supersized ...

The last Louisiana-built steam engine left in the state has survived the scrap heap for a century, thanks to a dedicated band of volunteers and self-described "train nuts." But the old locomotive is ...

DANBURY — A group of railroad enthusiasts have raised over $66,000 to save a historic locomotive from the scrap yard and bring it to its new home at the Danbury Railway Museum. Known as #1127, the ...

Illinois Central steam locomotive No. 790 had spent 55 years in freight service and was headed for the scrap yard in 1959 when “railfan” Lou Keller bought it and brought it to Cedar Rapids from ...

Editor’s note: this story has been clarified to specify the $600 the company must pay was a fee, not a fine In September, a couple of rusty old trains, parked at the Balloon Track in Eureka for over ...