History shows us that the steam engine never simply eliminated jobs. It shifted, changed and created entirely new ones. With ...

The steam engine's story involves ingenuity and collaboration. Hero of Alexandria's early device showed steam's potential. Thomas Savery's engine pumped water from mines. James Watt improved ...

The Flying Scotsman is the most famous steam engine of all - and it is the star attraction as the Severn Valley Railway ...

THE steam engine was one of the greatest inventions of the 18th century, establishing Britain as the leader of the Industrial Revolution. Although many are credited with aiding the development of t… ...

The great waste of steam in heating the cylinder, which was the condenser ,up to 212 deg. after each stroke of the piston, at once arrested Watts attention and engaged his thoughts; and it is ...

An industrial steam engine found in a convent has started a new chapter on the coast. The 1929 locomotive, called "Newstead", ...

Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 steam locomotive is back into service for a limited series of passenger excursions this ...

It all worked in the end, enough so that the engine managed 42,000 RPM on a test with compressed air. We eagerly await the equally tiny boiler for a live steam test.