However, steam engines had their own set of shortcomings ... At one point, his inventions became so popular that they were equipped in steam cars and even buses. In the years following, several ...

In the early years of the nineteenth century, steam engines were at work in a variety of practical uses. However, they were still imperfect in many ways. One particular problem were the boilers ...

either in its power of adapting the exact quantity of steam used to the work to be done, or its instantaneous acrion. The best modern engines show, by the indicator cards, between 60 and 90 per ...

Because steam engines operated under great pressure, they needed constant and knowledgeable ... and judging by its condition, saw only light work, probably powering a drivebelt at a sawmill.

Everything you’d associate with a steam engine is there, but just barely. The tooling needed to accomplish this feat is pretty impressive too. [Chronova] are no strangers to precision work ...

A group of mostly volunteers are working to overhaul Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad's steam locomotive, the only operational one in Kansas.

But they were stuck in place, unable to move. With steam engines on wheels ... People relied on trains to travel to work and go on holiday. Modern developments in engineering have continued ...