Jack Williams donated railroad lamps and lanterns to the Portage Station Museum, where they are on display through Dec. 31. Mirror photo by Alicia Chiang PORTAGE — Retired coal mine and railroad ...

I greatly enjoyed the “flanger” snow-plowing tourist train story. Let’s have more local-train stories, shall we? But hold the train – did I read correctly in the story that crew members’ breath was ...

Poquessing Trail of History programming will continue with In the Light of Freedom: Lantern-Making Workshop and Historical ...

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 railroad hand-signal kerosene ...

One recent Saturday afternoon, Bob Gorran was showing a visitor around the new Millbrae Train Museum, located in the old Caltrain depot a few hundred feet south of the BART/Caltrain station. Gorran, ...

Morphy Auctions – the Denver-based auction house – will hold a two-day auction on Oct. 3 and 4 that will be of special interest to collectors of automobile and railroad memorabilia. Bidding on the ...

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 signal lantern was used on the ...

The Painesville Railroad Museum will welcome model train enthusiasts and accept a new historical artifact during its annual Model Train Days event on May 20. This year’s Model Train Days will feature ...

Ohio played a major role in leading escaped slaves from lives of captivity to their dreams of freedom. The Underground Railroad, a legendary path to freedom used by thousands of runaway slaves, was an ...