One of the fascinating aspects of being actively involved in firing and running steam locomotives was discovering that each ...

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.

Compared to their traditional reciprocating rod-driven counterparts, geared steam locomotives can be seen as “oddballs” to ...

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 ...