SPENCER — The rail enthusiast looks at the Class J 611 steam locomotive, and he sees power, majesty, engineering, the bullet nose, the Tuscan red stripe, the giant wheels, the gleaming rods and the ...

A steam locomotive that has spent the last 37 years at the N.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer will be going home to West Virginia this spring. The engine, known as the Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 ...

All 20 of Norfolk Southern's Heritage locomotives will be on display at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer for what organizers say may be the only time. The locomotives will be on ...

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - One of the Virginia Museum of Transportation’s steam passenger locomotives is heading to North Carolina to be restored. The museum says in a news release that the Norfolk & Western ...

The No. 332 was built in 1906. Over the past several years, extensive restoration has been done on the No. 332 and its operating condition meets all Federal Railroad Administration requirements for ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – CARY, North Carolina (September 12, 2025) – El Paso Locomotive FC fell to North Carolina FC 1-0 on the road Friday night at First Horizon Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park. The ...

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There’s something wonderfully romantic about steam locomotives. They speak to you. They have personalities. They whomp and clank and hiss. There’s a lot going on. For the engineer and fireman — the ...

SPENCER, N.C. (AP) — All 20 of Norfolk Southern’s Heritage locomotives will be on display at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer for what organizers say may be the only time. The ...

A steam locomotive that has spent the last 37 years at the N.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer will be going home to West Virginia this spring. The engine, known as the Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 ...