Building a simple boiler for your model steam engine doesn’t need to be complicated. In this practical guide, we show you how to construct a straightforward yet highly functional boiler designed ...

The last Fowler B6 Big Lion was built in 1931, but now it’s being reborn. This episode follows the construction of the 7ft ...

Object Details Description This is a model of an early design for a compound steam engine. A compound steam engine consists of a high pressure cylinder and one or more lower pressure cylinders. The ...

She has been building a model steam engine, a task fit to put anyone’s machining skills to the test. And a steam engine needs a boiler, which is where the silver soldering comes in.

The model is based on a 2500 horsepower triple-expansion four-cylinder engine that was actually in use during the first half of the 20th century.

He built more than a hundred model steam engines, boilers and locomotives. You can understand his interest in steam power when you know that he worked as a fireman on the Grand Trunk Railroad.

This is a demonstration model of a uniflow steam engine valve introduced in 1908 by Johann Stumpf of Germany. The model was constructed by Severn-Lamb Ltd. of Stratford-upon-Avon, England.