Pioneers like Thomas Newcomen and James Watt created ever-improving steam engines.  Over time, horses fell by the wayside as people took to this new mode of transportation. Railroads began ...

Jul. 6—The Minneapolis Steam Engine that has been a mainstay of the Fourth of July Parade in Newton for many, many years is now 100 years old. Adorned in that unmistakable red and green color ...

It made national news when Cincinnati’s first steam-powered fire engine, the Uncle Joe Ross, exploded in 1855. This illustration appeared in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper.

Watt, when he invented the condenser, made, we might well sa,yj the last great improvement m the steam engine.

The diesel engine took the automotive world by storm, powering everything from cars to industrial machinery. The first patent came at the end of the 1800s.

The steam engine made it easy to travel cross country in just a few days. It won’t come as any surprise to learn that the steam engine and the transcontinental railroad were the biggest ...

If you were asked to guess when the steam engine was first invented, you'd probably guess around the 18th century, powering as it did the Industrial Revolution. And you'd be right to – but well ...

One of the zoo train's steam engines was retired in April. The last one will be at the zoo until the end of October.

Old 771 was a steam locomotive engine that had been owned by the Southern Pacific Railroad and it made the trip from Brownsville to Victoria until it was retired by ...

The Yellowstone was the largest and heaviest steam locomotive to ever operate, coming in at 624 short tons. Made for the Duluth, Missabe, and Iron Range Railway, its engine produced 6,250 ...