— Humans have been using steam power since as early as the first century. Before electricity, steam was a preferred method of energy for engines dating back to the 1500s. Though the modern steam ...

Ask the average person about steam power and they’ll probably imagine a bygone era, a time when the sky was thick with smoke belched out by coal-burning locomotives and paddle-wheel ships. Steam is ...

Jim Plunkett smoked Salems and wore Ray-Bans, and his jeans were hitched with a big brass buckle. Stamped on the buckle was "2467," the name of the mighty old locomotive that has been a part of ...