MARQUETTE, MI – A 19th Century steam locomotive is set for a 900-mile journey from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to Pennsylvania. The Yankee is a vertical boiler model manufactured by Alexander ...

News Rare Yankee steam locomotive returns to Upper Peninsula after 3-year restoration Updated: Nov. 15, 2023, 4:10 p.m. | Published: Nov. 14, 2023, 3:02 p.m.

The Michigan Iron Industry Museum received a $120,000 grant to restore the Yankee, one of the oldest surviving steam locomotives in the U.S.

Updated: Oct 15, 2019 / 03:41 PM EDT MARQUETTE COUNTY, Mich. (WLNS) – A Michigan museum received $120,000 in funding to restore one of the oldest surviving steam locomotives in the United States.

The No. 1225 is a steam locomotive and part of the PM’s N-1 class. Today, the real-life Polar Express is one of only two surviving Pere Marquette steam locomotives in the world.

Old 470 is the largest surviving steam locomotive in New England, Glueck said, and once restored it will be a “huge economic draw for the state of Maine.” Glueck said he’s grateful to the ...

The Old 470 is the largest surviving steam locomotive in New England, and after sitting as an artifact for more than half a century accumulating rust and corrosion, taking the engine apart bolt by ...

One of three surviving steam locomotives of Maine Central heritage, it is the largest steam locomotive remaining in the New England states, and the only one in Maine. Sister 469 and 470 were ...

WATERVILLE (AP) — With help from engineering and mechanic experts, volunteers started the process of dismantling the largest surviving steam locomotive in New England as part of its eventual ...

Diesel locomotives, instead of the historic Norfolk & Western Class J. No 611, are being used to operate this weekend’s remaining Shenandoah Valley Limited excursions.