Explore the fascinating mechanics behind a steam locomotive, a marvel of engineering that revolutionized transportation. This video unpacks how heat from burning oil in the tender turns water into ...

Big Reveal Once the final design was complete, 25 of these new locomotives, known as “Big Boys” were manufactured and put to work. Each locomotive cost around $265,000 back then, which equates to ...

Poway’s iconic steam locomotive should be chugging around Old Poway Park next fall once its boiler is replaced, members of the City Council will be told Tuesday night.The council will be asked ...

Perhaps less well known or celebrated than their freight and passenger carrying cousins, vertical boiler locomotives – by dint of their design ... The June 10, 1955, edition of The Engineer saw the ...

History was made last week when Dannevirke engineering company RCR Energy completed two steam locomotive boilers, the largest boilers built in New Zealand for more than 60 years.

Richie Maggs leans into the boiler of a disassembled steam locomotive, sparks showering around him as he welds new metal to thicken and strengthen worn steel. Around him, the room echoes with the ...