We had no idea that what’s needed to convert an internal combustion engine to steam power is actually rather trivial. [David Nash] shows us how it’s done by performing the alterations on the ...

There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive ... generator will replace the diesel engine in a redundant British Rail class ...

Most automotive diesel engines don't have any spark plugs; instead, diesel engines rely on compression to ignite the fuel. The combustion chamber inside each cylinder in a diesel engine ...

The Kew Bridge Steam Museum in London has the largest working Cornish Steam Engine in the World. It was actually built for the site to pump water to West London and started work on the 30th May 1846.

NIKKO, Tochigi Prefecture--Steam and diesel locomotive operators are testing ... used to continually maintain the steam locomotive engine’s fire, which then protects their boilers.

Heron, the great inventor of Alexandria, described in detail what is thought to be the first working steam engine. He called it an aeolipile, or "wind ball". His design was a sealed caldron of water ...

This causes the engine to uncontrollably ... be very hot to ignite the diesel fuel. Modern diesel engines are designed to house glow plugs inside the cylinders right next to the intake and exhaust ...