When your steam engine build requires multiple microscopes, including those of the scanning electron variety, you know you’re building something really, really tiny. All of the usual tiny sup… ...

Tiny engine. Big power. ⚙️💡 Watch this real working mini steam engine drive a street light generator—a tribute to classic mechanical engineering. Steam, light, and pure satisfaction! 🛠 ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Improvements in the Steam Engine ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 20 No. 23 (June 1869), p. 361 doi:10.1038 ...

Even before steam became speedy, a steam-powered engine designed by Nicolas Joseph Cugnot drove the first self-propelled vehicle in 1769. But it had to rest every 15 minutes to generate enough steam ...

The first steam engine produced by the J.I. Case Company in 1869, "Old Number One," produced eight horsepower and was used primarily to run threshing machines and sawmills. Its boiler produced 80 ...

C incinnati’s wonderful Fire Museum on Court Street continually burnishes our city’s two fire-fighting claims to fame: Cincinnati created the first professional fire department in the United States in ...

This technology is much more powerful than the steam engine, and the risks it poses are far greater. The first risk comes from accident, miscalculation, or malfunction.

Steam Engine #18 is back on the rails again at the Arcade & Attica Railroad. The 104-year-old locomotive underwent a seven-year restoration effort by the railroad.

The No. 1916 engine is leaving the zoo April 1, and the No. 1924 engine will leave Oct. 31. The train will continue to use its two diesel engines and is buying two custom-built diesel engines to ...

Big Boy No. 4014 is one of 25 large steam engines — weighing about 1.2 million pounds, measuring 132 feet long and boasting 7,000 horsepower — that the Union Pacific Railroad built during ...