Sometimes, looking back at history helps us understand what is happening to us today. When the steam engine arrived in factories, it wasn’t just a technical innovation, it changed the world. Suddenly, ...

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 ...

MayMaan's first flagship engine, the Aquastroke 2.3 liter. In the quest to electrify everything, we run the risk of missing out on a potentially superior alternative for reducing emissions: an ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a demonstration model of an ...

Steam turbine-powered locomotives never really caught on. Similar to gas turbine engines, steam turbines are efficient at certain rpm, and extremely inefficient at many others. At high speeds, they ...

WILLIAMS, AZ (AZFamily)—Steam engine 4960 is special not only because it’s one of about 200 steam engines in operation in the U.S. but also because it’s the only steam engine that completely runs on ...

What’s 40 tons, shiny black and a jaw-dropping experience for kids of all ages? If getting close to a working steam locomotive, with giant steel wheels, drive rods as long as a car and hundreds of ...

Cincinnati’s wonderful Fire Museum on Court Street continually burnishes our city’s two fire-fighting claims to fame: Cincinnati created the first professional fire department in the United States in ...

In the 1950s, a new kind of locomotive made even extreme hills easy for trains to climb. But this extra-powerful engine came ...

About 45 minutes outside of Buffalo, you can find the home of the Western New York Gas and Steam Engine Association. For anyone that is into unique agricultural heritage, antique tractors and steam ...