The introduction of several advanced, efficient, and more robust power options over the years has largely overshadowed steam engine technology. However, it was a revolutionary technology that, upon ...

Real trains were a major mode of transportation for my parents. Many boys in my generation spent hours engaged with model trains. The next generation was mildly connected to them. More recently, ...

Technology tends to have a way of becoming smaller as it evolves. The ever-convenient microchip and lithium-ion battery serve in tandem as the brains of so many devices today, and their sleek and ...

From a control device used on ancient windmills James Watt in 1788 evolved the steam-engine speed governor, a revolving spindle which works through centrifugal force. Most popular type of governor for ...

Andreas Helwig receives funding from Federal Government Department of Education SURF and RRC research grants. Steam locomotives clattering along railway tracks. Paddle steamers churning down the ...