The model is based on a 2500 horsepower triple-expansion four-cylinder engine that was actually ... it operates using a vacuum rather than with working steam, but the principle is essentially ...

Model steam engines have intrigued hackers and makers ... Keith goes on to show some of the common failures he’s found while working on these wonderous little machines. First off is the paint.

Only 1500 of these steam engines were manufactured between 1936 - 1939, the company who made these steam engines is better known today as Mamod This Hobbies SE4 is part of a collection of steam ...

Heron, the great inventor of Alexandria, described in detail what is thought to be the first working steam engine. He called it an aeolipile ... he considered his aeolipile invention as a novelty, a ...

Dick Christianson, the founding editor of Classic Toy Trains and the consummate cheerleader for Lionel trains of the postwar era, was recently asked about his top locomotive. He’s owned several great ...

This toy steam engine and whistle was made in Germany and sold in Gamages in London. My partner was given it as a gift and left it to me.