Cincinnati’s wonderful Fire Museum on Court Street continually burnishes our city’s two fire-fighting claims to fame: Cincinnati created the first professional fire department in the United States in ...

While one may not see a steam engine tractor in use on many farms these days, the history of farming is thriving in Boonville. Hundreds of antique tractors, trucks and cars filled the Brady ...

The world's largest operating steam engine, Big Boy No. 4014, is returning to Utah for a two day stop in April.Union ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

KONNER METZ [email protected] Aug 5, 2025 Aug 5, 2025 0 FEDERALSBURG — In 1961, Jim Layton and some neighbors gathered off of Route 313 to thresh wheat using one steam engine. That modest ...

In 1859, an event as significant as the advent of the wheel took place in Etienne Lenoir's workshop. The Belgian inventor converted a steam engine to ignite a mix of air and coal gas via a two-stroke ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — As soon as the end of next year, Nashvillians could once again hear a distinct whistle that once rang through Music City as locomotive No. 576 pulled passengers and freight ...

Byron “Barney” Gramling has traveled all around the country with his Vulcan Iron Works Saddle tank steam engine. The engine made its way to the Quad Cities and along with i came a stowaway. The ...