In 2004, the Pere Marquette became the “North Pole Express” as “The Polar Express” hit theaters across the country, following ...

Jerry Jacobson was a young boy in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, living near the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, when he first fell in love with steam trains. Fast forward more than 50 years, and dozens of objects ...

ROANOKE, Va.— Railroad fans gave a bittersweet farewell to the steam locomotive Nickel Plate 763 as it began its journey from the Virginia Museum of Transportation to Coshocton, Ohio. “I'm glad to see ...

The boiler of a circa-1903 Camelback locomotive was loaded onto a trailer Friday morning at the Strasburg Rail Road for its journey to Sugar Creek, Ohio, where it will become part of the collection at ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) – An historic steam locomotive will operate a series of passenger trips in Indiana and Ohio this July. The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society will host an excursion of Nickel ...

Jacobson, co-founder of the Jerry and Laura Jacobson Foundation, which established the Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum in Sugarcreek, Ohio, died on Nov. 18, 2025, the museum announced in a statement ...

THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE ENERGY STORY: How These Locomotives Used Energy and What Was Done to Make Them More Efficient. By Walter Simpson. The Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, Inc. Hardcover, 144 ...