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Revival Steam

This fiction podcast inspires listeners to a future world of 21st century revenue freight and passenger trains pulled by steam locomotives in North America.

Podcast · By Alec Butler · American English · Official site

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Sep 11, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 11, 2026

    Twelth NW RS EP "September N&W Safari" (opens the original)

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    It is the early Indian Summer season. Fall is just around the corner. It is a good time to see or hear steam locomotives on the weekends. This September, we are going on Safari for N&W Steam in Ohio and Virginia. We will first hear yard action in Columbus. Then, we will chase two trains on an N&W branch line north of Coshocton. Traveling down into Virginia, we will hear mallet action on the Clinch Valley Line in the small town of Tazewell. And finally, we will catch some more action on the Shena

  2. Episode · Sep 4, 2026

    Labor Day Weekend with N&W Blue Ridge Steam (opens the original)

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    Labor Day weekend is here once again; that means chasing trains with family and friends. We imagine one of these moments will be an RS event on the most famous piece of Railroading in the East: the Blue Ridge Grade on the main line of the Norfolk and Western. Passenger trains thunder up the mountain behind new versions of J Class 4-8-4s with deep-throated whistles. And of course, the freight trains laboring uphill with the traditional steam locomotive arrangement: a doubleheader up front and a h

  3. Episode · Aug 10, 2026

    Tenth NW RS EP "August Spectacular on Blue Ridge Grade (opens the original)

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    If you ever wonder what the greatest part of the ex N&W Mainline between Roanoke and Norfolk, VA, is, it is the famous Blue Ridge Grade east of Roanoke. The 1.2% climb on the western slope is among the most recognizable places to witness steam action during the 1950s. Mighty articulated locomotives hauled freight and coal trains over what N&W crews called "The Hill" alongside J-class 4-8-4s on passenger trains. Imagine an RS event happening on this piece of one of the most legendary pieces of ra

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