The problem with these engines is the fact that many of them were sold as rough casting kits. ... This takes me right back to 1973 when Santa brought my 10 year old self a real working steam engine!

Another simple and inexpensive kit that works well as a team project is the Exploring Kid Steam Engine Kit, which also retails for $29.99.This mostly plastic kit, when assembled, includes a boiler ...

Though advanced steam technology has impacted many industries, the one that it affected the most was railways. Several modern locomotives that ran on steam engines kept getting better with time ...

The world’s largest functioning triple-expansion steam engine is an unbelievably massive beast of a machine. For 77 years, the 62-foot-high engine—weighing in at 1,000 tons!—powered gigantic ...

Steam power anything these days is pretty cool, but rarely have we ever seen such a complex build as this steam powered, remote controlled 1/16th scale tank. [Ian] is an electronics design ...

Steam Engine Fires Up for Annual New Year's Run At the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, one of America's last working steam engines is firing up. Until just a few years ago, it was used to generate ...

CHARLES CITY — Jason Skillen of Greene pointed to a huge configuration of iron wheel, cylinders and pistons housed in a metal building on the grounds of the Cedar Valley ...

Steam engines, believe it or not, have been around for over 300 years. In England in 1698, Thomas Savery patented the first working steam engine—this was a simple machine that utilized the ...

The railways conducted a heritage run of a 164-year-old locomotive, which is the world’s oldest working steam engine, to mark the 73rd Independence Day.

Though the modern steam engine may have taken a backseat to the electric-powered engines, Millville Senior High School students had a chance to explore the age-old power source.

Trumpets? Check. Eighty-five-ton flywheel? Check. U.K. music students incorporate the roaring sounds of a working steam mill engine into an original musical composition.

The introduction of several advanced, efficient, and more robust power options over the years has largely overshadowed steam ...