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Seibold, in their classic 1992 work, "Great Train Wrecks of Eastern Pennsylvania," "the bloodiest ... got down from the cab and started to oil the engine. Just as Brown finished with his task ...
Lionel has revived its classic O gauge model of the Pennsylvania RR S2 Steam Turbine. I recently shared the story behind the outstanding versions cataloged by Lionel during its golden age of the 1940s ...
This photo shows a young John Nagle inside the cab of a Pennsylvania RR steam engine. He would like to know what class the 1299 was part of so he can model the locomotive in HO scale. Photo courtesy ...
Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad steam engine #6 stopped outside a Bel Air train station in 1946. (Charles T. Mahan, Jr./file) The Ma & Pa never seemed to throw anything away, and by the 1950s ...
The Engineering News and American Contract Journal ran a story about the Pennsylvania Railroad in Schuylkill ... “At the big cut where the steam shovels, locomotives and cars are used, the ...
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 steam engines ...
The introduction of several advanced, efficient, and more robust power options over the years has largely overshadowed steam engine technology. However, it was a revolutionary technology that ...
ARCADE, N.Y. (WKBW) — Steam Engine #18 is back on the rails again at the Arcade & Attica Railroad. The 104-year-old locomotive underwent a seven-year restoration effort by the railroad.
Arcade & Attica Railroad’s Steam Engine no. 18. The historic locomotive will be back on the rails on September 28 after nearly a seven-year restoration project. An event will be held on Saturday ...
The annual Portersville Steam Show will be held on the Portersville Showgrounds from Thursday, Aug.1 to Sunday, Aug.4. The Northwest Pennsylvania ... gas engines, oil field equipment, fractional ...