Cincinnati’s wonderful Fire Museum on Court Street continually burnishes our city’s two fire-fighting claims to fame: Cincinnati created the first professional fire department in the United States in ...

Long before the Industrial Revolution, one man in ancient Greece was building machines that shouldn’t have been possible. He ...

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Voice recordings of one of Britain's most celebrated steam locomotive engineers are being sought as part of celebrations to ...

The Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust wants to bring the steam locomotive back to the region. The nonprofit, which restores and operates the Colebrookdale Railroad between Pottstown and ...

In 1859, an event as significant as the advent of the wheel took place in Etienne Lenoir's workshop. The Belgian inventor converted a steam engine to ignite a mix of air and coal gas via a two-stroke ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — As soon as the end of next year, Nashvillians could once again hear a distinct whistle that once rang through Music City as locomotive No. 576 pulled passengers and freight ...

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – In Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County it was the second day of the annual Nine-Day Steam Engine Association Show which honors agriculture history. This marks the event’s 65th ...

John Pohlpeter next to his father’s 1914 Aultman & Taylor steam traction engine. BROOKS, Ore. — The air was thick with the exotic scents of burning fuel and fried foods as thousands of visitors ...

If you float the Snake River when the water is low, you might get a glimpse of a steam-engine tractor lying on its side in the river east of the Perrine Memorial Bridge. But the details of how the ...