A group of mostly volunteers are working to overhaul Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad's steam locomotive, the only ...

A cloud of smoke and the distant toot of a whistle signalled the end of a 14-year steam engine restoration project on the ...

Step into the world of extreme engineering with a steam engine so massive it dwarfs two 40-foot buses! Built for raw power and endurance, this colossal machine showcases the incredible innovation of ...

A railway historian cooked pancakes on a steam engine's boiler for Shrove Tuesday. Tim Dunn, a broadcaster and railway historian, visited The Watercress Line to make the pancakes on the ...

Before the steam engine can be called an economical power, our modern system of boilers must be immensely improved, or an entirely new system of applying the heat to the water must be contrived.

Sir Nigel Gresley’s Class A4 steam locomotives with their distinctive wedge-shaped front end made their first appearance 90 ...

Defining boilers as a pressure vessel in which steam is generated by application of heat, the Bill excludes locomotive boilers, pressure vessels under the control of the Army, Navy or Air Force ...

Train horns serve as safety signals, using specific patterns to communicate with staff and pedestrians. Know why trains honk ...

Steam engine makers have been- occupied ... First—The entire machine, including its boiler, occupies no more room than, an ordinary turning lathe. Second—It is as easy pat together as ...

Stepping aboard feels like walking onto the set of Mad Men – if Don Draper had gone cruising, this would be his ship of ...