The introduction of several advanced, efficient, and more robust power options over the years has largely overshadowed steam engine technology ... restricted to work with only stationary systems.

There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few ...

A vintage steam engine has been helping mark a railway attraction's 150th anniversary. Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway - known ...

The work of M. L. Le Chatelier ... The apparatus to be fitted to the locomotive to admit of working counter-pressure steam as a brake, is as simple as the. principle itself.

As a 2-8-4 with the four driving axles in its centre sporting connecting rods, it resembled a steam locomotive from the chassis downwards but with a very diesel-age cab and superstructure.