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 with ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a demonstration model of an ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a model of an early design ...

This year’s McLouth Threshing Bee steam engine show will be louder, faster and pack a little more muscle. At least on Saturday night. That’s when the hotrod tractors will rev their souped up engines ...

Q: My father-in-law bought this model steam engine in Winnipeg in the 1930s. It runs on a mixture of water and methyl alcohol and actually powers a small grinding wheel and circular saw that can cut ...

Few would assume that acquiring a rusting 1937 steam locomotive from a museum in Kansas represents a step forward for clean energy. But a collaboration between the University of Minnesota’s Institute ...

Seneca Falls, it seems, has always been the little town that could — especially in its industrial heyday of the mid-to-late ...

I thought I knew the meaning of the word “envy”. That was before I clapped eyes on Pete Waterman’s unique collection of model steam engines. I turned as green as my Yorkshire miners’ tie gazing at ...