Crews tend to Reading & Northern steam locomotive 425 at Jim Thorpe on Aug. 16, 2020. After taking a break for a couple years, the Rotary Club of Mountain Top is bringing back its steam train ...

After a two-year hiatus, the Rotary Club of Mountain Top’s popular steam train excursion to Jim Thorpe returns on Sept. 13. This year’s trip will feature the majestic Steam Engine No. 2102, one of ...

On Saturday, September 6th, 2025, the Watauga Valley Railroad Historical Society and Museum will sponsor a steam train excursion on the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad. This is a wonderful opportunity ...

OBERWALD, Switzerland (Reuters Life!) - After a gap of 60 years, steam trains are again chugging over the historic Furka Pass in the Swiss Alps thanks to an army of rail enthusiasts and a rescue ...

Real trains were a major mode of transportation for my parents. Many boys in my generation spent hours engaged with model trains. The next generation was mildly connected to them. More recently, ...

Train enthusiasts may want to make tracks to Bryson City in September to hop aboard the Watauga Valley Railroad Historical Society and Museum's steam train excursion on the Great Smoky Mountains ...

England may have invented the railroad, but the United States invented the mountain-climbing cog railroad. The first such successful cog—a standard railroad with flanged wheels, but with the addition ...

Train Mountain is the world’s largest miniature railroad, with 36 miles of tiny track, weaving through 2,300 acres of forest in remote southern Oregon. It’s raining at Train Mountain, which makes the ...

From New River Gorge National Park & Preserve and a segment of the Appalachian Trail to underrated mountain cities with popular waterfalls and cut shops, West Virginia boasts some of the most gorgeous ...