There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few ...

For the 28th annual Harvest Festival, hosted by the Legacy of the Plains Museum, locals and visitors gathered to pick potatoes, learn more about the featured sugar beet and even ...

Ford is a company that requires no introduction. The American giant began producing affordable tractors for American farmers back in 1917 and for many decades the brand was associated with reliable ...

Advancements in steam technology at the time - such as superheaters and Walschaerts and Baker-style valve gear - boosted the ...

Steam locomotives, as a technological product of the 19th century, are not what you would imagine as fragile machines. The engineering involved is not inconsequential, there is little about them ...

Richard Kurin, Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture at the Smithsonian Institution, explains how the John Bull locomotive became the driving force behind America's economy. (03:25 ...

In the early part of the 20th century, Houston was where "seventeen railroads meet the sea." The city seal depicts a steam locomotive. In other words, Houston is not Houston without train travel. Over ...

were actually sent over. Thus, instead of locomotives with 18 x 24-inch cylinders and 1,200 to 1,300 square feet of heating surface, and 160 pounds of steam pressure, the American builders would ...

Hy-polite Uhry, and Henry A. Luttgens, both of Patterson, N. J., for overheating steam within the smoke box of locomotive engines for the purpose of improving the working of steam in cylinders ...

They'll be able to see historically accurate demonstrations such as of Peter Cooper's Tom Thumb, which was America’s First Steam Locomotive ... Illinois built the tractor for plowing and ...

A piece of American history will be on display this weekend in downtown Los Angeles as part of a rail safety event at Union ...

Richard Kurin, Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture at the Smithsonian Institution, explains how the John Bull locomotive became the driving force behind America's economy. (03:25 ...