Steam engines, believe it or not, have been around for over 300 years. In England in 1698, Thomas Savery patented the first working steam engine—this was a simple machine that utilized the vacuum ...

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) ...

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, ...

Richard Trevithick did not own slaves. He was a barely literate engineer, born toward the end of the 18th century, who grappled with—and ultimately solved—the question of how to improve the steam ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — The National Museum of Industrial History's 115-ton stationary steam engine, which was built 105 years ago in Buffalo, is working again. The Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, museum had worked ...

The Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum has acquired the Chesapeake & Ohio #1308, one of fewer than 30 articulated steam engines left.

STRANGE CREEK, W.Va. (WCHS) — Lane Friend and his family took a trip to Cass Scenic Railroad when he was a child. That turned out to be a life-altering event for the Braxton County teenager. “I grew ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Midwest Railway Preservation Society is about to become landlord and casual spectator for one of the biggest projects at the private nonprofit's roundhouse on West Third Street.