We see steps in detail such as the set-up of a steam engine’s valve gear ... scrapped in 1964 as part of the phasing out of steam traction on British railways.

In the middle of the last century, as the industry moved away from steam traction ... output of more than one engine. The loco had four smaller-than-normal diesel traction motors that could ...

A homeowner has been told to stop using their garden to store stock cars and two steam traction engines. Neil Bowers lost an ...

This is a Mamod TE1a steam traction engine made by Malins engineers limited, Birmingham England, Circa 1972 I have collected toy steam engines for thirty years and this Mamod traction engine forms ...

A California inventor has also recently taken out a patent for a steam plow, the general principle of which, like those described, is the drawing of plows by a traction engine. We are not aware ...

Widely considered the father of the mobile traction engine, he devised and built self-propelled steam engines and being dissatisfied with using horse power to move engines from place to place.

"Someone with traction engine experience could comfortably come ... Mr Merrington added: "Day-to-day, it involves raising steam, maintaining the boiler pressures, operating the engine after ...