Railroaders Memorial Museum Executive Director Joe DeFrancesco leans on 80 inch drivers of the K4 1361 locomotive. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad took seven ...

Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski Railroaders Memorial Museum volunteer Mike Reindl uses a magnetic drill press on a sheet of metal for the outer fire box of the K4. Visitors will soon see signs of ...

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The steam era of railroading in the United States is among the most storied, transformative legacies in the long saga of American industrialization. Chugging, hissing locomotives that spewed plumes of ...

On Sunday, Oct. 21, 1957, the fires in the last steam locomotives assigned to the Pennsylvania Railroad's Northumberland roundhouse were allowed to die, bringing to a close an era that had begun more ...

We expected this place to be just for kids. But if you’re not enthralled when looking up at the awe-inspiring 160-ton Pacific Class K4 steam locomotive, check for a pulse.