In this insightful video, learn how to create your own steam engine generator from scratch. Discover the components needed ...

The 1930s are bookended by two classics of children’s literature: Watty Piper’s “The Little Engine That Could” (1930) and “Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel" (1939) by Newton Centre (Massachusetts) ...

The expression "balls to the wall" has far less to do with male anatomy and quite possibly far more to do with the mechanical engineering genius of the steam engine. Of course, almost nobody would ...

It's almost time to send your kids back to school, and if your child has an interest in mechanical engineering or model building, there are several model engine kits to help them get started with ...

The first artifact installed at the National Museum of Industrial History is only now ready to show visitors its potential. It's been a lengthy road for the 115-ton Corliss steam engine, begun with ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo's popular zoo train will undergo some changes this year. The train's two steam locomotive engines will leave the zoo; they've been sold to the Riverside & Great Northern ...

Sixty years after Norfolk & Western Railway retired its last steam engine, the iconic locomotive is back on the tracks—just in time for fall. “The N&W 611 is a standalone superstar,” Steve Powell, ...