Cincinnati’s wonderful Fire Museum on Court Street continually burnishes our city’s two fire-fighting claims to fame: Cincinnati created the first professional fire department in the United States in ...

If you float the Snake River when the water is low, you might get a glimpse of a steam-engine tractor lying on its side in the river east of the Perrine Memorial Bridge. But the details of how the ...

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New England Wireless and Steam Museum in East Greenwich, RI, once powered industry. The New England Wireless and Steam Museum in East Greenwich, RI, has numerous working steam engines that powered ...

In 1859, an event as significant as the advent of the wheel took place in Etienne Lenoir's workshop. The Belgian inventor converted a steam engine to ignite a mix of air and coal gas via a two-stroke ...

Wouldn't it be great to turn back the hands of time and witness Chambersburg's horse drawn steam fire engines in action? This column will look at when steam fire engines made their entry into the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — As soon as the end of next year, Nashvillians could once again hear a distinct whistle that once rang through Music City as locomotive No. 576 pulled passengers and freight ...

The 53rd annual LaGrange Engine Club Engine Show took place Sept. 20-22 at the Lorain County Fairgrounds in Wellington. The popular event this year highlighted Pennsylvania-built steam engines, J. I.

ELY, Nev. (KTNV) — In one Nevada community, the history of the American railway is kept alive and well. "Our trains are 100 and 150 years old, and that's what we run. We have people who will reserve ...