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… ...

Explore a vintage live steam engine made by the German toy company 'Bing,' founded in 1863. This video showcases a 1923 live ...

Get ready to witness the awe-inspiring restoration of the legendary 1920’s live steam locomotive "BING," a marvel of ...

A revolutionary new steam engine, described by its inventors as "an underwater jet engine", may soon be powering dinghies and speedboats more efficiently, cleanly and safely than a conventional ...

The expression “balls to the wall” has far less to do with male anatomy and quite possibly far more to do with the mechanical engineering genius of the steam engine.

A Steam-Fired Jet Engine for Boats? By ABC News. February 21, 2003, 12:45 PM. Feb. 25 -- Thrillseekers can get the same kind of high-speed ride from jet skis and speed boats that they can from ...

The steam engine’s name is Big Boy, and he is a very big boy. The occasion for Big Boy’s restoration was the 150 th anniversary of the completion of the 1,900-mile Transcontinental Railroad in ...

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 ...

Taken by photographer Robin Grierson over the course of three decades, the images display the delights of steam fairs across Britain. Above: A shirtless man at a rally in Essex in 1999.