“If you stood next to a live steam engine, you could swear it's a living, breathing being. They're like alive, basically, and they each have personalities," locomotive shop mechanic, Vincent ...

Joanne Ormesher is one of five people whose stories have been turned into songs for BBC Radio 2’s 21st Century Folk ...

The most powerful steam locomotive is indeed an impressive engine, whose massive build offered output to match. It has a 2-10-10-2 wheel layout, and has 48-inch low pressure cylinders hanging on ...

The Durango and Silverton line is one of the last remaining places in the world where you can see and ride in a real, live steam train. All six of the working locomotives and most of the rail cars ...

Eric attaches portable rails to the end of the track and winches the steam engine onto a low loader. South Wales to Somerset The steam train in question is loco number 5637. 5637 is a 0-6-2 tank ...

It all worked in the end, enough so that the engine managed 42,000 RPM on a test with compressed air. We eagerly await the equally tiny boiler for a live steam test.

Before there was a Disneyland Railroad, Walt Disney had his own miniature live steam railroad at his home in Holmby Hills. The Carolwood Pacific Railroad, named after the street where the home was ...

Scientists began tinkering seriously with steam in the early 1600s and, like most inventions of the day, it was a team effort that ultimately led to the first working steam engine.

The steam whistle blew and rounding the bend of the Disneyland Railroad in Frontierland after an 18-month closure, was not one, but two steam locomotives coupled together – a historic moment … ...

POWELL, Wyo. — Steam-engine tractors had a relatively short lifespan in terms of the length of time they were in use on American farms. But steam engines still live on ...

An authentic steam locomotive will chug into downtown Des Moines this morning, pulling several century-old passenger cars that will soon be filled with kids, parents and grandparents who love old ...