There aren’t many speed records that remain unbroken for the greater part of a century, but one of them is that of the fastest steam locomotive. As with so many such things, there’s a ...

The Redwood Valley Railway and East Bay Regional Park District may be getting closer to an agreement about the Tilden steam train contract.

For more than 70 years, misty mornings in the East Bay hills have been filled with uncanny sights and sounds for this day and age: hissing steam and echoing whistles, as small-yet-mighty locomotives ...