The Shay locomotive pulled from a quarry in the 900 block of East North Street in 1953 is shown being refurbished in this photo from the Allen County Historical Society. Courtesy of Allen County ...

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(NEXSTAR) – There will be countless celebrations this year in honor of America’s semiquincentennial (aka, its 250th anniversary), but none may be as massive as a 1.2 million-pound locomotive rolling ...

In the January 1949 issue, Popular Mechanics witnessed the end of the steam locomotive era as the American Locomotive Company, in its 100th year of operation (when combined with the history of its pre ...