A 116-year-old steam engine is traveling through Central Illinois for the summer. The “Southern 401” steam engine is bringing ...

The last steam engine built on the Isle of Man has made its way home after a major restoration.

Steam engines. For most of us, they conjure images of horseless buggies, paddle ships and classic locomotives, but soon they may be setting new speed records and hitting new benchmarks for efficiency- ...

The only running Norfolk & Western Class J-611, an old-fashioned steam engine train, will be giving rides out of Staunton for ...

Steam engines and diesel engines have a lot in common. First off, they share the same blood, or to put it differently, they both use heat to make mechanical power. Secondly, these combustion brothers ...

In this video I show you what happens to a steam engine in a vacuum chamber and when you put liquid nitrogen in the engine!

Technology tends to have a way of becoming smaller as it evolves. The ever-convenient microchip and lithium-ion battery serve in tandem as the brains of so many devices today, and their sleek and ...

Three hundred and fifteen years ago today Thomas Savery’s patented the steam engine. His patent included no pictures, simply the following description: ”A new invention for raising of water and ...