There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few places, but ...
In this new column called Ask Madison, Madison O’Hara, a Victoria native and Advocate reporter, answers questions readers have about anything and everything to do with the Crossroads. Email your ...
Locomotives have a fascinating history. They were one of the first methods to mass transport goods from one place to another, and while the first railroads used horses to pull carts along the tracks, ...
HUNTINGDON COUNTY, JUST WEST OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, MAKING SOME HISTORY TODAY. INSTEAD OF BOARDING THE BIG YELLOW BUS, THEY GOT ON A STEAM LOCOMOTIVE BUILT MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO. NOW THAT’S THE ...
Steam locomotive, Great Western Railway, 4-4-0 No 3440 "City of Truro", designed by William Dean, built at Swindon in 1903.; City of Truro was the eighth of a batch of ten A49 locomotives built in ...
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Downtown Raleigh harbors many secrets and hidden relics from the city's past. We walk past many of these pieces of hidden history each day without even realizing their importance. Tucked away behind a ...