Prepare to dive deep into the electrifying world of steam locomotives breaking speed barriers that still amaze railway ...

Britain once led the world in developing agricultural steam power, with stationary engines arriving on farms in the 1790s, followed later by portable and traction engines as well as cable-operated ...

The museum has one of those too, but by the 1960s, modern day hydraulic excavators started replacing all the cable-driven ... of Motive Power Museum started collecting steam engines, locomotives ...

Stanley Steamers use a fire-tube boiler to power the double-acting two-cylinder engine; they outsell gas vehicles from 1899 to 1905. The Doble Model C steam car debuts at the National Automobile Show.

Then you told the 777 to put both engines at full throttle the cable would flatten ... The comparison of power would not even be close. Why? Steam engines have very high force multipliers (think ...

A Casper man’s lifelong passion for railroading led to a career as a passenger train conductor. The 82-year-old loves trains ...

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 ...

In a world propelled by combustion engines, gas turbines and nuclear reactors, the steam engine may seem like a relic of the past. But without this game-changing invention, the modern world would ...

Built in 1829, the Middleton Top winding engine, near Matlock, will be powered by steam for the first time since the 1950s and will connect to two Fowler ploughing traction engines. It is the only ...