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Model steam engines have intrigued hackers and makers for over 100 years. Many of us have seen old steam engine models up for sale at garage sales and various internet auction sites. The problem with ...

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Model steam engines have intrigued hackers and makers for over 100 years. Many of us have seen old steam engine models up for sale at garage sales and various internet auction sites. The problem with ...

It’s been nearly four decades since it operated. But today, after 10 years of restoration, the 115-ton stationary steam engine is in full working condition and you can see it in action at Bethlehem’s ...

Built to last and as big as a dinosaur, it was obsolete before it left the factory in 1920. Nonetheless, with huge wheels and a gay canopy with a red fringe on top, the Huber "steam traction engine" ...

Charles Lester III knew from a very early age that his grandfather’s seven-foot wooden model of a steam locomotive was something to be looked at, not played with. “My father used to pile things up in ...

Engine 557 sits on rails in front of its home shop in Wasilla. The 557 Restoration Company fired up the old steam locomotive Nov. 8, 2025, for the first time since the 1950s. The last steam locomotive ...