Getting started in model railroading can be a daunting task, even for those with experience and knowledge regarding prototype ...

Model steam engines have intrigued hackers and makers for over 100 years. Many of us have seen old steam engine models up for sale at garage sales and various internet auction sites. The problem ...

Steam trains were one ... with the introduction of the Y6a model. This train wasn't that fast, with just a top speed of 50 ...

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 ...

Not all his engines are steam engines. He has also built a pair of SD-90 Mac 9300 diesel electric locomotives originally ...

And in its latest and most princely adaptation—the locomotive—it moves long trains of elegant ... name in connection with the steam engine. A small working model of what was called Newcomens ...

Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 is making a stop in Houston as a part of its Big Boy Heartland of America Tour.

A prize drawing for a Polar Express train set will be held and donations will be accepted to help offset the cost of operating the trains. The Model Railroad Club has among the largest HO scale ...

(KTVZ) -- All aboard for the Eastern Cascades Model Railroad ... provides free train admissions and free admission for all ages. There's about 15 engines going, with several steam engines for ...

the sound of a train, and a history lesson. “That’s what happens when you get too much pressure in a steam engine, it blows off steam,” North Central Wisconsin Antique Steam and Gas Engine ...

Throughout the weekend, the normally quiet White Pass Scenic Byway community of Ethel was filled with the sounds of tractor pulls, steam threshers being fired up and antique hit and miss engines ...

1 rotary steam engine. These three modes of applying steam are illustrated by the accompanying figures. On the lid of the cistern, o, Fig. 1, Hero placed a globe, c, also partly filled with water ...