Model steam engines have intrigued hackers and makers for over 100 years. Many of us have seen old steam engine models up for sale at garage sales and various internet auction sites. The problem ...

Real trains were a major mode of transportation for my parents. Many boys in my generation spent hours engaged with model ...

This one for example is built entirely in LEGO as a scale replica of a steam engine originally produced in 1907. The model is based on a 2500 horsepower triple-expansion four-cylinder engine that ...

Q: Why are the flanges on model steam engine drive wheels so much larger than on the prototypes? Is it because the models don ...

Railroads began crisscrossing the countryside, steam engine trains pulling ... Due to the additional parts required for this operation, these engines are bulkier but produce smoother and more ...

Our engraving represents a side elevation of a compact form of steam fire engine, manufactured by Silsby, Mynderse Co., which is a modification of theplai and arrangement of the parts of the one ...

Steam engine makers have been- occupied ... The same letters refer to like parts. First—The entire machine, including its boiler, occupies no more room than, an ordinary turning lathe.

Only 1500 of these steam engines were manufactured between 1936 - 1939, the company who made these steam engines is better known today as Mamod This Hobbies SE4 is part of a collection of steam ...

These two geniuses were the first to transfer heat energy into useable power using steam engines. Mark Miodownik shows a working model of a steam engine originally made the blacksmith Thomas ...