This video showcases the restoration of a vintage live steam engine made by the German brand Wilesco, dating back to around ...

Popular East Park attraction the Rotary Cannonball, officially the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad No. 457 steam locomotive, ...

A train engine that originally saw service over a century ago on the rail line that once carried passengers on a scenic ride ...

The restoration of a 1932 Bowman LNER 300 live steam locomotive brings an extraordinary piece of history back to life. This ...

They will have much to learn, and their knowledge will cost them too dear. An attempt to excel, materially, the reciprocating engine, in point of economy, by substituting a rotary, is chimerical.

0 0 This article was originally published with the title “The Friction of Steam Engines” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 23 No. 1 (July 1870), p. 4 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican07021870-4 ...