Invented by Adrian Stephens to warn engineers when a boiler was low on water, the steam whistle was added to trains in the early 19 th century to warn of a train's approach. Consisting of a hollow ...

Under navigational rules, Captain Armstrong on the Milwaukee and Captain O'Day on the Hickox were supposed to slow down, steer right and sound their steam whistles. "But the old superstition that ...

Big Boy 4014, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, will make two whistle-stops in Greeley, Colo., this summer as ...

Ready to hear the eerie-sounding holiday songs played on an old factory steam whistle? The York Factory Whistle Concert will be held again this year in the early morning hours of Christmas Day ...

Ready to hear the eerie-sounding holiday songs played on an old factory steam whistle? The York Factory Whistle Concert will be held again this year in the early morning hours of Christmas Day ...