Casey Jones. The name may be familiar, especially to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan base, but the legend behind it may not be. Jones is an American folk hero, born in 1864, who was a train ...

ST. PAUL -- John Oliver remembers Locomotive No. 2156 from his childhood. Each weekday, Oliver would sit in front of a television tuned to Channel 11, listen as a booming voice announced "Now arriving ...

Legend has it that farmers set their watches by the Cannonball’s mournful cry. With Casey Jones at the throttle, the Cannonball Express thundered down the tracks right on time. In an era of keen ...

It is a fact—and no fault of aviation—that many a little boy of 1928 wants, some day. to be an engineer (the pilot of a steam locomotive). Still great is the appeal of the whistle in the night, the ...