When your steam engine build requires multiple microscopes, including those of the scanning electron variety, you know you’re building something really, really tiny. All of the usual tiny superlatives ...

Ken Ristow's office is cramped and hot in the summer, yet he wouldn't want to be anywhere else. At 6 feet, 5 inches tall, Ristow must fold himself into a tiny compartment where he sits for hours each ...

Watch this DIY live steam engine in action, running like an absolute beast! Step-by-step building and testing for enthusiasts ...

Can you imagine a steam engine running your car? Well, this old school innovation just might be making a comeback very soon. Designed by Chuk Williams’ U.S. Land Steam Record Team, a streamliner ...

Greek engineer Hero of Alexandria designs the first steam engine; it has a pedestal, an altar, and a rotating ball—but no practical use. French inventor Denis Papin builds a cooker that traps steam ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Each Monday, this column turns a page in history to explore the discoveries, events and people ...

Engineering choices can force automakers to make adjustments down the road, like Chevrolet did with the implementation of ...

Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 steam engine arrives July 30, 2019, in Wheatland on its trip across Iowa. The largest steam locomotive ever built is scheduled to once again cross Eastern Iowa on Sept ...

Steam engines, believe it or not, have been around for over 300 years. In England in 1698, Thomas Savery patented the first working steam engine—this was a simple machine that utilized the vacuum ...

In the middle of Clinton Hill, Brooklyn is the 25-acre Pratt Institute campus, a gorgeous collection of landmarked buildings amidst open green space. On the first floor of East Hall (originally the ...

A steam train built in 1937 is getting a makeover that will turn it into a “higher-speed” locomotive that runs on biocoal, a coal-like fuel made with woody plant material. When finished, the train ...