Saturday marked the bittersweet end of an era for Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad with the last departure of the railroad’s sole remaining coal-burning locomotive, Engine No. 481.

A steam engine can run faster or slower at the boss’s discretion, and steam-powered mills need not be built along a riverbank. Coal may be a physical object that must be mined and transported ...

One of world’s largest steam engines converted from coal to oil By Mead Gruver. Wednesday, May 8, 2019 2:36 PM Updated Wednesday, May. 8, 2019 2:37 PM.

The organisers of Kent’s largest steam engine rally have been trialling using olive stones to fuel some of their vintage vehicles. The alternative to traditional coal is one of the options being ...

His latest engine (his fourth by the way) weighs in at a whopping 4,500 pounds and is a fully-functional, coal-burning steam locomotive that took Friend just seven months to build.

Inventor Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729) designed the world's first successful atmospheric steam engine. His invention earned him a place as one of the pioneers of the Industrial Revolution.

At the Throttle: Steam is $179 for a half hour session, offered from 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. each Saturday from March 7 through April 4. Online purchase is available at www.nctrans.org.

Giant steam engine to be restored here (photos) Updated: May. 30, ... In its current form, the engine has an oil-fired boiler, but it will be converted back to coal, Harvey said.

A four-year-old girl sitting in her pram was badly burned when a passing steam engine allegedly spat coal over her. Anysia Gardener was hurt when the "50p-sized" block of coal landed on her neck ...

A 113-year-old steam traction engine was fired up on “smokeless” coal for part of its nearly 50km biennial trip from Waimate to Washdyke on Wednesday. Guy Wigley, the owner of the 1909 Burrell ...

The last of the coal-powered steam engines operational along the Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR) route have been retired and are to be exhibited to the public at the Udhagamandalam and Coimbatore ...