When your steam engine build requires multiple microscopes, including those of the scanning electron variety, you know you’re building something really, really tiny. All of the usual tiny superlatives ...

On Tuesday, December 30, 2025, the General Steam Navigation Locomotive 35011 celebrated 81 years since it first entered service. The historic steam engine has had a bumpy ride this year, after it was ...

The evolution of the steam engine is among the milestones in the history of technology, transforming transport, industry, and society. While steam engines and pumps existed from the late 17th century, ...

UK burgundy passports started in 1988, following the European Community’s common format, and were phased out after Brexit, ...

Talk about the city of steam in the 21st century – three magnificent steam engines are being built in Sheffield using local companies and are bringing jobs in engineering and manufacturing to the city ...

Steam engine enthusiast Dean Parkin, 25, said a lot of work goes into keeping a working steam roller going. He said he found a lot of people his age were not especially interested in steam engines.

An historic steam engine rally is taking place to raise funds for a charity which works to preserve English railway history. Swanage Railway volunteers organised the Roads to Rail event, which started ...

THE steam engine was one of the greatest inventions of the 18th century, establishing Britain as the leader of the Industrial Revolution. Although many are credited with aiding the development of the ...

DOM:Today, we bring you a man who had a very special kind of genius. DICK:He took an invention that had been around for more than 50 years, the steam engine, and made it a shedload better. DOM:Yeah, ...

The Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway sits at the heart of a World Heritage Site on the edge of the Brecon Beacons. The area is a poignant and lasting monument to its industrial past. Flanked by the ...

Steam-powered vehicles are not usually deemed as being parked at the cutting edge of transport technology. Nor do they seem to be the type to race across desert landscapes in a bid to smash land speed ...