Steam had powered the Industrial Revolution, after all, and the whistle of steam engines had fired many a young man's imagination. Quite a few would realize a childhood dream of becoming a custom ...

E is a rotary engine, constructed on the plan of ... by means of a lever under the control of the driver. P is a steam whistle, Q a steam gage, and R the platform for firemen.

KUSHIRO, Hokkaido--With a puff of black smoke and the toot of a whistle, SL Fuyu-no-Shitsugen Train (The winter wetland steam engine) of Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido) is full steam ahead ...