Steam trains were one of the most powerful vehicles of their time, capable of pulling hundreds of cars in one go. Their sheer ...

Thus began a lifelong adventure in model engineering. [Mike] builds model locomotives and other steam-powered means of motive power. Everything from five-inch gauge locomotives to small steam ...

Virginia Department of Historic Resources announced last week that the Norfolk & Western Class “A” No. 1218 steam engine – ...

and while living in Redruth he experimented with the idea of using steam to power vehicles. He built this model engine around 1784, and set it running around his living room and, eventually ...

The trains also revolutionized the transportation of coal in places like Leeds, as an engine could haul more than 20 times its own weight, powered by steam. The scans of the model were carried out ...

Copy of the World's First Steam Railway Locomotive, built by the Coalbrookdale Co., 26 years before Stephenson's RocketThe Coalbrookdale Company built the world's first steam railway locomotive to ...