Model steam engines have intrigued hackers and makers for over 100 years. Many of us have seen old steam engine models up for sale at garage sales and various internet auction sites. The problem with ...

The introduction of several advanced, efficient, and more robust power options over the years has largely overshadowed steam ...

ATHENS, Ala. (AP) - It’s not every day someone unearths pieces of Limestone County’s history, but Tommy Mitchell recently did just that with the help of a metal detector. Mitchell, a Limestone native ...

EAST GREENWICH — Billows of smoke and steam hovered over the Yankee Steam-Up at the New England Wireless and Steam Museum last Saturday, attracting a large crowd despite an overcast sky. The smoke was ...

It is 1914. One machine pumps all the water into homes and other buildings for public consumption. It is a steam-powered, water-pumping engine that runs nonstop. As the water from a reservoir 300 feet ...

In an unusual sort-of time-traveling-industrial-kinship, a historic Bay Area train steam engine in need of new parts is getting a helping hand from an equally historic gold country foundry. The ...

Those born after the 1970s have not had the chance to experience the thrills of travelling in trains pulled by steam engines. Before the arrival of the diesel engine, James Watt’s coal-fired steam ...