The Drive

This Tiny Coal-Fired Steam Turbine Locomotive Actually Works

Steam turbine-powered locomotives never really caught on. Similar to gas turbine engines, steam turbines are efficient at certain rpm, and extremely inefficient at many others. At high speeds, they ...
Missoulian

Steam locomotive undergoes restoration in Libby

LIBBY – J. Neils Lumber Co. steam locomotive No. 4 isn’t much to look at these days. Most people who see it may think it’s a long-forgotten hulk of scrap, but to Ron Carter and other volunteers at the ...
The New York Times

TURBINE LOCOMOTIVE FOR RAILWAYS NEXT; One Being Constructed at Glasgow Which May Revolutionize Land Motive Power. TURBINE DRIVES DYNAMOS These Turn the Wheels -- Water in ...

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Singularity Hub

Even as the Fusion Era Comes Into View—We’re Still in the Steam Age

Steam locomotives clattering along railway tracks. Paddle steamers churning down the Murray. Dreadnought battleships powered by steam engines. Many of us think the age of steam has ended. But while ...