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 superlatives ...

Steam engines like the Fowler B6 were once the peak of British engineering - now almost all are gone. Alex Sharp sets out to ...

A 40-acre field in Canandaigua was transformed into a mecca of wheels, whistles and water vapor as the New York Steam Engine Association Pageant of Steam chugged along Thursday. Steam engine and heavy ...

Steam engines. For most of us, they conjure images of horseless buggies, paddle ships and classic locomotives, but soon they may be setting new speed records and hitting new benchmarks for efficiency- ...

Imagine traveling back in time about 2,200 years, to when nothing moves faster than the speed at which muscle or wind can move it. Think about how mind-shattering it would have been to see something ...

The iconic "Polar Express," train was inspired by the 1941 Pere Marquette 1225 steam locomotive. Now, fans hope to make the ...

Iowans look on as Big Boy No. 4014, the largest operating steam locomotive in the world, rolls into Belle Plaine on Thursday afternoon. The Union Pacific engine is touring Midwestern and Southern ...

Smoke billows from the stack of the steam-powered tractor as it chugs along, sounding like a train locomotive. At a top speed ...

William Gillette’s steam engine is getting a new life. According to a release by the Friends of Gillette Castle, the group is embarking on a journey to restore the engine. The “steam engine was a fun ...

C H E Y E N N E, Wyo., April 14 -- There it was — steam locomotive 3985 — a vision out of the World War II years, all steamed up and ready to head out again from the Union Pacific Railroad Company's ...

EDGAR, Wis. (WSAW) - Trains, tractors, and other antique farming equipment are on display now in Edgar for the annual Edgar Steam Show. For 51 years, Edgar has been a go-to place for teaching people ...