I was sitting on our patio accompanied by a beautiful afternoon in mid-October where a blue sky was paintbrushed with clouds ...

Canadian National today unveiled its first new medium horsepower hybrid electric locomotive, a Q19-2.4GH developed in ...

The decades-long effort to advance the design and technology of steam locomotives constantly circled back to the idea of “make it bigger.” Articulated engines took that notion and doubled it both ...

Modern automakers tend to favor a small number of highly popular engine formats, such as the inline-four, inline-six, V6, or V8. However, over the course of automotive history, and especially ...

When coolant spills onto an extremely hot engine, it's likely to rapidly begin boiling, resulting in a characteristic hissing sound and, most likely, steam. If you experience this issue ...

Thanks to the Steam platform, there are tons of amazing games for PC players to purchase, download, and enjoy. The Steam Greenlight program is even helping indie developers push their products ...

I can never resist a good oddball engine, and this one’s pedigree is impressive. See if you can bend your mind around it. Most of you reading this probably have at least a basic understanding of ...

Old Engine No. 6 had a long and productive life. After a career pulling loads of lumber in East Texas, the barrel-chested, black-and-silver steam locomotive rests in retirement at the Texas ...

Modern performance engines are truly mesmerizing. Power-dense, highly efficient, and downright sonorous in some cases, the best internal-combustion engines can be found in a wide range of today's ...

Since it began in 1956, steam power has ruled. In 1992, two diesel locomotives were added. The current steam engines — a 4-4-2 and a 4-6-2 — were sold to the Riverside & Great Northern Preservation ...