Courtesy photo Author John Wall is shown by the Pennsylvania Railroads’ GG-1 locomotive on display at the Railroaders Memorial Museum in Altoona. John Wall, a former Altoona Mirror writer and editor, ...

In June 1938, the New York Central introduced new locomotives and Pullman cars. Their breathtakingly bold streamlined design was the handiwork of an industrial designer whose work would become iconic ...

COLUMBUS -- Larry and Kathy Schmidt were ready to welcome a special visitor to town. The couple was seated in lawn chairs holding small pennants that read “Nebraska 150 Express” while waiting for a ...

A Union Pacific passenger train carrying almost 500 people and pulled by a vintage steam locomotive stopped in Grand Island Saturday morning. No, that sentence didn’t somehow get switched from a 1950s ...

Union Pacific Railroad’s historic steam locomotive will make a stop in Fremont on Saturday. No. 844 is headed to Omaha for the College World Series and is scheduled to stop in Fremont at 3:30 p.m.

All aboard for a fun-filled weekend, exploring railroad innovation. Celebrate our region's rich railroad heritage at Railroad Days 2014!The event runs July 12 and 13. Tickets are $15 per family and ...