Imagine traveling back in time about 2,200 years, to when nothing moves faster than the speed at which muscle or wind can move it. Think about how mind-shattering it would have been to see something ...

Have you ever wondered why we still measure an engine's output in horsepower? It all started as clever marketing, but the ...

Ride sharing and self-driving cars may transform cities, but the key to really understanding modern metropolitan areas is the steam locomotive, according to new research. The researchers analyzed more ...

The subject of Professor Hall's lecture in the Jefferson Physical Laboratory last evening was "The History and Theory of the Steam Engine." The lecture was illustrated by stereopticon views and ...

Real trains were a major mode of transportation for my parents. Many boys in my generation spent hours engaged with model trains. The next generation was mildly connected to them. More recently, ...

The Santa Fe 2926 rolled down the tracks under its own steam power after an ambitious 20-year volunteer-run restoration. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for ...

ROLLAG, Minn. — Under a glassy-blue Minnesota sky, a billow of smoke comes from a steam-powered tractor, hurking itself across the landscape as it pulls ink-black earth to the sun. The land is being ...