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

The Whitin Machine Works did not win World War II, but it definitely did its part during the war. And one Uxbridge man is working to make one of the former manufacturing company's contributions to our ...

ATHENS, Ala. (AP) - It’s not every day someone unearths pieces of Limestone County’s history, but Tommy Mitchell recently did just that with the help of a metal detector. Mitchell, a Limestone native ...

Two unique boiler parts essential for the restoration of a steam engine have been stolen by metal thieves in a raid on a Shropshire heritage railway – with the fear they will be sold off as scrap.

Those born after the 1970s have not had the chance to experience the thrills of travelling in trains pulled by steam engines. Before the arrival of the diesel engine, James Watt’s coal-fired steam ...

Philip Girdlestone, who has died aged 61, was a passionately committed engineer who made it his life's work to design a new generation of steam locomotives that were far more efficient, reliable and ...