Here's how Chambersburg fought fires before gas engines

The last of the steam fire engines arrived in Chambersburg in 1903. Borough Council bought a LaFrance steam fire engine for ...
The Record Herald

New Chambersburg fire engines tested in front of hundreds in 1903

Dignitaries, firemen and hundreds of other people watched as two new fire engines were tested in downtown Chambersburg in ...
Alaska Public Media

Alaska's last steam engine retired in the '50s. These volunteers aim to get it back on track.

Engine 557 sits on rails in front of its home shop in Wasilla. The 557 Restoration Company fired up the old steam locomotive Nov. 8, 2025, for the first time since the 1950s. The last steam locomotive ...
The Advocate

These 'train nuts' have a mission: Find a century-old New Orleans steam engine a new home.

On a sliver of land in Jefferson Parish, between packed parking lots and near a helicopter landing pad, sits a bygone mode of transportation: a steam engine. The hulking Southern Pacific engine No.
fox43

York County nonprofit's 1860s-replica steam engine ready to return to service after year-long, thorough inspection

NEW FREEDOM, Pa. — After spending the last two years out of service, the William H. Simpson No. 17 steam locomotive has returned home to York County, Northern Central Railway of York announced. Built ...
Buffalo Rising

58th Annual WNY Gas & Steam Engine Association’s Fall Rally

About 45 minutes outside of Buffalo, you can find the home of the Western New York Gas and Steam Engine Association. For anyone that is into unique agricultural heritage, antique tractors and steam ...
insider.si.edu

Corliss’s Patent Model of a Steam Engine – ca 1849

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This model was filed with the ...