The $29.99 all-metal desktop Stirling engine kit is one of the simplest. It can be assembled in 15 minutes and is recommended for ages 14 and up. Also for $29.99 is the Exploring Kid Steam Engine Kit.

Joe Nemeth, whose father also built a miniature train at Severn Beach in the 1960s, is recreating the attraction.

A Laois man who crashed his car into a miniature steam engine during a St Patrick’s Day parade last year has been told by a judge that he cannot ever drive again because of his debilitating ...