This means the quality of the model is only as good as the original owner’s machining and fabrication skills. [Keith Appleton] is something of a steam engine expert. In this pair of videos ...

To see a sphere whizzing about trailing plumes of steam while flames ... great pains to make the engine safe, with relief valves and a pressure gauge that the original couldn’t have included.

At the end of the downward stroke, the steam pressure is released and the steam cylinder piston returns to its original position ... working Cornish Steam Engine in the World.

The biggest challenge was to redirect the lateral motion of a steam engine into forward motion. They placed the engine and boiler above the front wheel and used two pistons to push notched discs ...

The plates have been sent to Spa Valley Railway to be reattached to the Newstead A steam engine built in 1929 will have its original name plates reattached after they were found by auctioneers ...

Luther R. Taught, of Macon, Georgia, has invented a very ingenious and original improvement for regulating the speed of steam engines, by cutting off the steam in the steam box when it exceeds the ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The world's largest steam engine is coming back to Colorado. Union Pacific will bring Big Boy No. 4014 through Colorado from Monday, Oct. 21, to Wednesday, Oct. 23, on its ...