Some early steam cars worked well, and some did not. Some were fire pumpers that moved by themselves, and others were small locomotives with road wheels. Beginning in the 1880s, inventors tried very ...

Railroads began crisscrossing the countryside, steam engine trains pulling ... he had already built stationary and locomotive engines, a testament to his early interest and talent in engineering.

Although the paddle wheel antedates the Christian era, the earliest recorded attempt to utilize steam to turn the paddle ... adapted for low pressures. The engine drove paddle wheels SitUated ...

Some of our model trains had modern engines, but for many, the older steam engines prevailed with cowcatchers on the front and tall smokestacks. Colorado still has train lines with steam engines that ...

Some early steam cars worked well, and some did not. Some were fire pumpers that moved by themselves, and others were small locomotives with road wheels. Beginning in the 1880s, inventors tried very ...