Compared to their traditional reciprocating rod-driven counterparts, geared steam locomotives can be seen as “oddballs” to the casual eye. They certainly fit that bill with their unique styles of ...

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The 82045 Steam Locomotive Trust has issued an update on its efforts to build a new locomotive of the Riddles BR 3MT 2‑6‑2 82000 tank class. After the Trust made progress with the locomotive’s boiler ...

Next October, the Bluebell Railway is to celebrate Railway 200 with its own event celebrating locomotives that have been built since the end of steam. The celebratory event is titled ‘Giants of Steam ...

Hy-polite Uhry, and Henry A. Luttgens, both of Patterson, N. J., for overheating steam within the smoke box of locomotive engines for the purpose of improving the working of steam in cylinders ...

With this journey, Trevithick's steam engine (and its load from a mine) launched the rail era and changed the world. Two centuries on, the frenetic invention of the British rail engineers of the ...

The Battle of Britain Class Steam locomotive 34067, Tangmere, arrived at Carlisle railway station on Saturday, February 1, hauling the Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express. The excursion had departed ...

The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway (K&WVR) is set to host a Steam Gala from Thursday, March 20, to Sunday, March 23. Four ...

Indeed, the injection of steam alone has been effectually applied to light trains on a short incline of 1 in 22. But experience soon showed that the only general and complete solution of the ...

An iconic steam engine was pictured in Carlisle over the weekend in the first of this year’s growing list of steam excursions to the county. The Battle of Britain Class Steam locomotive 34067 ...

The next Steam Next Fest runs from Monday, February 24 to Monday, March 3, 2025. We expect it to start at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm BST / 7pm CET / 3am AEST. Steam Next Fest offers a combination of ...