Of the three main types, the grand total of geared steam locomotives built in the U.S. topped out at around 4,500. Despite ...

There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few ...

Some early steam cars worked well, and some did not. Some were fire pumpers that moved by themselves, and others were small locomotives with road wheels. Beginning in the 1880s, inventors tried very ...

The film below the break is a fascinating window into the early part of the UK ... future for the railway alongside steam locomotives that were then very much still in production.

The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, known to its friends as ENIAC, was the very ... Steam power is something of ...

On Dec. 31, 2024, Rice operated a steam locomotive for the last time on his final day at the railroad, 51 years after he started. To Rice, what began as a high school job grew into a lifelong ...

Some early steam cars worked well, and some did not. Some were fire pumpers that moved by themselves, and others were small locomotives with road wheels. Beginning in the 1880s, inventors tried very ...