Diving In To The Actual Functions Of The Modern Steam Engine Advanced steam technology is not a single mechanism, but instead a series of advancements that have come over the years.

Steam has powered trains, cars, boats, and trolleys. Here's the story of the little engine that could.

The U.S. Land Steam Record Team led by Chuk Williams picked the Cyclone Mark V engine to accomplish its Bonneville speed goal of 200 mph for a number of reasons, including: 860 lb-ft of starting ...

1664: Thomas Newcomen, creator of the first practical atmospheric steam engine, is born in Devon, England. Newcomen’s exact birth date is a matter of debate. Some sources say “before Feb. 24 ...

Reporting from Newport News, Va. — When archaeologists and Navy divers recovered the warship Monitor’s steam engine from the Atlantic in 2001, the pioneering Civil War propulsion unit was ...

On most days, the huffing, puffing steam engine pants back and forth through the honey-colored hillsides of central China, pulling loads of coal. But the end of the line is in sight.