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NARRATOR: The invention of the steam engine in the early 1800sgave rise to the greatest enterprise on the planet.From clouds of steam and billowingsmoke emerged the golden age of railroads and railway ...

It is one of the most famous names in railroading, but the story of the Wabash line is much more than the tale of one fast train. The Wabash was built and broken by John Jay Gould, one of the most ...

A caboose brings up the rear of a train. (Photo by Art Smith) A group of historical amusement park steam engines continue to work building up steam and doing what they were designed to do, haul people ...