Compressed-air tech fuels hopes of resurrecting steam engines

Belching out black smoke, steam locomotives (SLs) boasted an unyielding presence on Japan’s rails decades ago.
Alaska Public Media

Alaska's last steam engine retired in the '50s. These volunteers aim to get it back on track.

Engine 557 ran on coal when it first came to Alaska in 1944. Using oil, the 557 Restoration Company fired it up again in ...
Wyoming News

Challenger No. 3985 steam engine ready to head out for restoration

CHEYENNE – The Union Pacific steam crew has been busy preparing the Challenger No. 3985, along with the TTT-6 steam locomotive No. 5511 and Centennial diesel locomotive No. 6936, for delivery to the ...
Tyler Morning Telegraph

East Texas group is restoring steam locomotive in Rusk, preserving the region’s timber industry history

About four years ago, Keith Bass and Aaron McCreight took a trip to Southern Louisiana to buy a tractor. As any mechanically ...
SlashGear

Here's How The World's First Steam Engines Worked

Technology tends to have a way of becoming smaller as it evolves. The ever-convenient microchip and lithium-ion battery serve in tandem as the brains of so many devices today, and their sleek and ...