Making an electric-powered styrofoam boat isn’t as hard as it sounds, apparently. To create the toy boat, Jacensson carves the base out of styrofoam. He then cuts two pieces of a rubbish antenna into ...

As a little boy in Maryland, Don Mathis couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw a miniature steam engine on a model train that blew actual steam. Watching that engine huff and puff made a lasting ...

It's almost time to send your kids back to school, and if your child has an interest in mechanical engineering or model building, there are several model engine kits to help them get started with ...

On July 4, 1835, Richard Jones placed a miniature steam engine inside a 61/2-foot-long wooden boat with side wheels and launched it in the Wilkes-Barre canal basin. Jones, a local mill worker, had ...

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 produced by ...

, is an unmarked red warehouse. No sign indicates what’s inside: an expansive space where miniature train tracks crisscross and steam engines chug along. The place is , owned by Larry Staver and Amy O ...

EASTON — The Talbot County Free Library recently announced its STEAM Festival (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) will feature two operating, miniature steam engines, courtesy of ...

Although Disney constructed his locomotive many years ago, Gillory's prize possession is quite a bit newer, and it's only the start of a collection, he said. It took Gillory two years to build and ...