Real trains were a major mode of transportation for my parents. Many boys in my generation spent hours engaged with model ...

Of the three main types, the grand total of geared steam locomotives built in the U.S. topped out at around 4,500. Despite ...

Technology tends to have a way of becoming smaller as it evolves. The ever-convenient microchip and lithium-ion battery serve in tandem as the brains of so many devices today, and their sleek and ...

Perhaps the city of Glasgow, where Watt invented his engine, affords the best illustration to be found anywhere respecting what steam power has done for some communities. In 1755, its population ...

Each beam engine has a 13 tonne beam, 24 tonne flywheel and is the height of a 4-storey building. Burton-upon-Trent produced an enormous amount of sewage for a small town, mainly brewery waste ...

The Sioux City Railroad museum is currently closed as they continue to do renovations from last summer's floods.

S mall front tyres and extra-large rear tyres make the tractor a rather unusual machine with an awkwardly perched driver ...

one of the only fully operational mainline steam engines on the continent. Photo courtesy Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad “We’re thrilled to announce the long-awaited return of Steam in the ...

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