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Westinghouse Electric Corp.'s Marine Division has begun work on a $14.5 million contract from Avondale Industries to provide diesel engines for the U.S. Coast Guard's (USCG) newest polar ...
An immense amount of time and money has been expended upon new and ingenious cut-offs for steam engines. Each in its turn, as it was brought before the public, was supposed to excel its ...
With the injection of an excess of steam—a system which I characterized as an inverted steam engine—more satisfactory results were obtained, and it was found possible to work with a moderate ...
This photo shows a young John Nagle inside the cab of a Pennsylvania RR steam engine. He would like to know what class the 1299 was part of so he can model the locomotive in HO scale. Photo courtesy ...
It is a horse-drawn model Dry Steam Portable engine. Records from the Carroll County Historical Society reveal that the ‘Taylor Manufacturing Company’ was established at ...
The Robinson Traction Engine, once numbered with the ‘well knowns’ seems to be now almost forgotten. A few words of history might be of interest, especially to the Old Timers. The Robinson Company, ...