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 ...

The Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad’s Steam in the Valley events will return April 25-27 and May 2-4. The events feature ...

Some countries are well into phasing it out, but US President Donald Trump wants to boost production. Why this is not a good ...

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 ...

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 ...

was opened in the late 1880s by the Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Company and was the first of its modern "Super Pits" to be sunk in the Rhymney Valley. The East Pit winding engine was built in 1891 ...

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 ...