Former Northern Pacific 4-6-0 No. 1364 moved under its own power for the first time in 73 years on Feb. 21, according to a ...

Steamtown National Historic Site marks the return to service of its restored Baldwin Locomotive Works No. 26 steam locomotive with a dedication ceremony Sunday. With the debut of the 86-year-old ...

SCRANTON -- An enthusiastic crowd was on hand Sunday at Steamtown National Historic Site to welcome Baldwin Locomotive Works No. 26 back into service. During the ceremony, speakers celebrated the fact ...

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Four scrapbooks containing items relating to the Baldwin Locomotive Works, including: blueprints, photographs, examples of company letterhead and blank company forms, clippings and articles, business ...

SCRANTON — The steam will be put back into Steamtown National Historic Site as a 1929 Baldwin Locomotive is slated for re-dedication Sunday. The ribbon cutting ceremony coincides with National Parks ...

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 ...

Two gentlemen of Detroit, in Manhattan last week, were the victims of a Philadelphia mis-understanding. They, C. R. Bitting and R. F. Shields, had gone to Phil-adelphia early in the week expecting to ...

The first Baldwin locomotive (third in the U. S.) was born by a Caesarean operation. In 1832, when ex-Philadelphia Jeweler Matthias W. Baldwin finished work on “Old Ironsides,” his first born, he ...