Model steam engines have intrigued hackers and makers ... the common failures he’s found while working on these wonderous little machines. First off is the paint. If you find nuts, bolts ...

When your steam engine build requires multiple microscopes, including those of the scanning electron variety, you know you’re building something really, really tiny. All of the usual tiny ...

When a train breaks down going up the mountain, “The Little Engine That Could” agrees to deliver toys and food items for all the little girls and boys on the other side with this declaration: “I think ...

LOCOMOTIVE 3526 has proven it's the little engine that could, beating a Tiger Moth to the finish line in the Great Train Race ...

Heron, the great inventor of Alexandria, described in detail what is thought to be the first working steam engine. He called it an aeolipile, or "wind ball". His design was a sealed caldron of water ...

Nonetheless, with huge wheels and a gay canopy with a red fringe on top, the Huber "steam traction engine" is a splendid relic of expansionist 19th- and early 20th-century America. It was steam ...

The Kew Bridge Steam Museum in London has the largest working Cornish Steam Engine in the World. It was actually built for the site to pump water to West London and started work on the 30th May 1846.

Luther R. Taught, of Macon, Georgia, has invented a very ingenious and original improvement for regulating the speed of steam engines, by cutting off the steam in the steam box when it exceeds the ...

Many people were delighted at the sight of the old steam engine, snapping plenty of photos to post on social media. If you missed the The Empress don't fret, local train enthusiast Braeden Halsell ...

An immense amount of time and money has been expended upon new and ingenious cut-offs for steam engines. Each in its turn, as it was brought before the public, was supposed to excel its ...