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 superlatives ...
It's been over two years since work began to restore a historic Kansas railroad engine, and a nonprofit is calling in expert ...
The Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad’s quest to finish the restoration of its iconic steam locomotive, Santa Fe 3415, has ...
WILLIAMS, AZ (AZFamily)—Steam engine 4960 is special not only because it’s one of about 200 steam engines in operation in the U.S. but also because it’s the only steam engine that completely runs on ...
STRANGE CREEK, W.Va. (WCHS) — Lane Friend and his family took a trip to Cass Scenic Railroad when he was a child. That turned out to be a life-altering event for the Braxton County teenager. “I grew ...
Sometimes, looking back at history helps us understand what is happening to us today. When the steam engine arrived in factories, it wasn’t just a technical innovation, it changed the world. Suddenly, ...
When an inventor has a unit of measurement named after him, it's clear his work had more than a small impact on scientific and industrial progress. So it was for James Watt, whose Watt engine is often ...
Remember that train engine that used to sit in Centennial Park? It’s on its way back to the rails. The restoration process for steam engine 576 (proper name Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis 576) ...
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