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 ...

1 rotary steam engine. These three modes of applying steam are illustrated by the accompanying figures. On the lid of the cistern, o, Fig. 1, Hero placed a globe, c, also partly filled with water ...

To find out which of the 2-8-2 Mikado-type steam locomotives are still operating, check out the Great American Steam Locomotives: Mikados DVD from Trains.

One of the oldest had been American LaFrance ... It began building steam-powered, horse-drawn fire engines in the era before the internal combustion engine and merged with LaFrance in 1903 ...

A new steam restoration group has purchased former Chesapeake & Ohio Class J3a 4-8-4 passenger locomotive No. 614 (Lima Locomotive Works, 1948) and plans to return it to operating condition. RJD ...

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 ...

The Union Pacific steam engine is making stops in Kansas on its ... the experience of seeing the imposing symbol of industry ...

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.

This includes drones. The stop marks the last leg of the steam engine's eight-week, 10-state Heartland of American Tour before it returns to Cheyenne, Wyoming. The tour covered Wyoming ...