Model steam engines have intrigued hackers and makers for over 100 years. Many of us have seen old steam engine models up for sale at garage sales and various internet auction sites. The problem ...

This toy steam engine dates from 1940 and was made by Mamod. Mamod is a British toy manufacturer that specialises in live steam models. The company was founded in Birmingham in 1937. Comments are ...

Only 1500 of these steam engines were manufactured between 1936 - 1939, the company who made these steam engines is better known today as Mamod This Hobbies SE4 is part of a collection of steam ...

Heron, the great inventor of Alexandria, described in detail what is thought to be the first working steam engine. He called it an aeolipile ... he considered his aeolipile invention as a novelty, a ...

Q: Why are the flanges on model steam engine drive wheels so much larger than on the prototypes? Is it because the models don't weigh very much? Or is it because they have to navigate tight curves?

Some of our model trains had modern engines, but for many, the older steam engines prevailed with cowcatchers on the front and tall smokestacks. Colorado still has train lines with steam engines that ...

When your steam engine build requires multiple microscopes, including those of the scanning electron variety, you know you’re building something really, really tiny. All of the usual tiny ...