Alaska Public Media

Alaska's last steam engine retired in the '50s. These volunteers aim to get it back on track.

Engine 557 ran on coal when it first came to Alaska in 1944. Using oil, the 557 Restoration Company fired it up again in ...
SlashGear

Here's How The World's First Steam Engines Worked

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 ...
Reading Eagle

Colebrookdale Railroad to restore steam engine

The Colebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust wants to bring the steam locomotive back to the region. The nonprofit, which restores and operates the Colebrookdale Railroad between Pottstown and ...
insider.si.edu

Hopkinson Steam Engine Indicator

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. An engine indicator is an instrument ...