Some Durango-area residents say the train whistle is louder this summer compared with previous years, but the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad says the historic sound is unchanged. Durango ...
Which train for a Christmas tree is best? Christmas is a delightful time of year, and the sound of the Christmas tree train running on a track weaving past presents, blowing puffs of smoke out the ...
They might be outdated, but their mechanism is still mesmerizing, and there’s something nostalgic about watching and hearing a steam locomotive. It’s not something an electric motor can give you, ever ...
We're back in Camp Washington for WVXU's Round the Corner series, where we're reporting on the neighborhood's mysterious — and beloved — train noises. There's a high, elusive sound you'll hear ...
In the late 1950s, photographer O. Winston Link decided to document the end of an era -- capturing steam trains in pictures and sound recordings. Using an 80-pound tape recorder hooked up to a ...
First came the distinctive hissing of the steam locomotive's brakes releasing. Next was the chugging of the engine roaring to life, its huge pistons firing, sending power to large steel drive wheels.
The Big Boy will soon wave bye-bye. One of the world’s largest steam locomotives, the old Big Boy No. 4014 has occupied space, and plenty of it, at the L.A. County Fair since 1962 as part of the ...
Pacific Grove >> “This is what happens when the boys’ toys get out of hand,” said Ken Burns, while standing next to a miniature live steam locomotive Sunday at the American Tin Cannery. A retired ...
The Big Boy will soon wave bye-bye. One of the world’s largest steam locomotives, the old Big Boy No. 4014 has occupied space, and plenty of it, at the L.A. County Fair since 1962 as part of the ...