“With today’s safety rules I don’t think many parents would hand them out today,” he said. Fifty-one years later, Mr Edwards has amassed one of the biggest scale model steam engine collections in the ...

A train buff’s stunning collection of model steam engines that he used to drive around his back garden is set to sell for £250,000. The late Jack Salem was a steam train enthusiast and over a 40-year ...

If engineering choices a hundred years ago had been only slightly different, we could have ended up in a world full of steam engines rather than internal combustion engines. For now, though, steam ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This toy steam engine was ...

LOS ANGELES The whistle blows as the steam engine starts out on the main line with passengers on board, on the top of the cars. That’s right – the top of the cars. This is the Los Angeles Live ...

British model steam engine maker Mamod is enjoying a surge in the value of its collectables, despite the company facing challenges to survive. Nostalgia for a bygone age is behind the popularity of ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The ¾ inch to 1 foot scale model of the 2-6-2 Baldwin Locomotive built by ...

A unique 118-year-old scale-model steam engine described as a 'truly Norfolk piece of history' is set to go under the hammer later this year. Standing just 30 inches tall, the traction engine ...

Editor's note: This is the second installment in a series of stories featuring local collectors. Check each Tuesday print edition as well as www.ourmidland.com for future installments. For Brandon ...

Ed Droxler leans over the model engine and connects wires to a car battery, causing the red piece of machinery to cough life into its metallic lungs. The Olds “Hit & Miss” gasoline engine lives up to ...