These are Class I railroads with lesser-known narrow gauge operations in the 20th Century which deserve a spotlight.

LAKE BUENA VISTA | Fred Stewart was looking down the tracks for his train to come into the station. An eight-year veteran of the Walt Disney World railroad, he was waiting to begin his shift. Stewart ...

There are plenty of ways to discover North Wales’ incredible surroundings. But a journey on board one of North Wales’ narrow gauge locomotives is certainly the best way to enjoy what our region has to ...

Although the locomotives are tiny and the gauge is only 2 feet, the Cripple Creek & Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad offers good narration and excellent scenery on a four-mile round trip. The terminal is ...

Classic steam engines – like the ones that grace the rails of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad – are an iconic ...

American visitors to Britain who choose to spend time in Wales are usually drawn by the more than 600 castles, the male choirs, the emerald-green walking country or even the prospect of wandering the ...

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 ...

CHAMA, N.M.-- Hands sweating in borrowed leather gloves, I slowly ease the oversized brass lever toward me with an odd-sounding combination of brute strength and finesse. Ronnie Lopez nods ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A storied veteran will soon come out of retirement to again scale mountains in southwest Colorado. The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad’s Locomotive ...

There are hundreds of railroad museums and scenic train rides all across the United States. Many of them offer the opportunity to "step back in time" or "relive yesteryear." But few deliver on that ...