running on tracks, there was the Lombard Steam Log Hauler. This wacky steam-locomotive-like contraption used tank-style tracks instead of railroad tracks to get around, freeing it up to go wherever it ...

PORTLAND — Mount Emily Shay No. 1 has a new home. The historic steam logging locomotive, used for logging operations in Union County for three decades through the late 1950s, traveled by BNSF Railroad ...

Restoration continues and a new place for display has been secured for the locomotive that for many years was located next to the Scotia Museum. Once fully restored, Locomotive No. 9 will be displayed ...

Editor’s Note: This is one of multiple stories in ETX View’s 2026 January/February issue that published Jan. 10. To read more stories and view the full digital edition, visit our ETX View homepage.

The mountain-climbing Climax locomotive featured in this column Nov. 1 had indeed been a part of Louis Carr’s logging operation in the Pisgah Forest, but it was misidentified as a Class A Climax. It ...

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 ...

The Hesston Steam Museum operates full-size steam trains, steam-powered model ride-on trains in multiple scales, as well as ...

On Saturday, May 13, visitors to the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Southeast Portland can take a ride on an 111-year-old steam locomotive. Nowadays, most trains are electric or diesel-powered, but ...