Virginia Department of Historic Resources announced last week that the Norfolk & Western Class “A” No. 1218 steam engine – ...

A 143-year tradition came to an end a year ago this week as No. 481 marked the last of the Durango & Silverton's steam ...

We all know that the steam engine is at present a most wasteful source of power, and that we realize only between 15 and 25 per cent of the theoretical amount of power derivable from the coal ...

Built in 1953, the Badger was the last and largest – along with its sister ship the S.S. Spartan – coal-fired, steam engine ...

In the first place coal is solid carbon ... the vital power of the steam engine. There is just lis much philosophy to be learned in investigating the causes of making a tea kettle boil, ail ...

The biofuel is being used to continually maintain the steam locomotive engine’s fire, which then protects their boilers. As much as 530 tons of coal was poured into three steam engines last year ...

Coal was the fuel that powered factories during the Industrial Revolution. Image caption, The Newcomen steam engine was invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1712. The engine was commonly found in coal ...