Here’s a fascinating look at high-tech manufacturing in the 1930’s. This week’s Retrotechtacular features the building of a steam-powered locomotive. The quality of the black and … ...

Prince of Wales P2 steam locomotive construction starts. Published. 21 May 2014. Share. ... Work to build what will be only the second mainline steam locomotive to be constructed in Britain since ...

While the National Museum of History and Technology (NMHT), now the National Museum of American History (NMAH), is still under construction, the 1401, a 280 ton Pacific-type passenger steam locomotive ...

Steam locomotives, as a technological product of the 19th century, are not what you would imagine as fragile machines. The engineering involved is not inconsequential, there is little about them th… ...

Jupiter, Steam Locomotive American History Museum. Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions Apply Click for more information. Click to view download files. ... The idea of narrow gauge was ...

It would see the resumption of steam locomotive construction in Scotland, which is believed to have ended in 1958 when the North British Locomotive Company finished its last in Glasgow.

Work on what will be only the second mainline steam locomotive to be built in Britain since 1960 begins in ... Prince of Wales P2 steam locomotive construction starts. Published. 21 May 2014 ...