EAST GREENWICH — Billows of smoke and steam hovered over the Yankee Steam-Up at the New England Wireless and Steam Museum last Saturday, attracting a large crowd despite an overcast sky. The smoke was ...

The introduction of several advanced, efficient, and more robust power options over the years has largely overshadowed steam ...

CERESCO — When Dennis Johnson purchased his first tractor decades ago, he developed a sort of addiction to finding new machines to add to his collection. “You get the bug," the 80-year-old Ceresco man ...

Steam engines. For most of us, they conjure images of horseless buggies, paddle ships and classic locomotives, but soon they may be setting new speed records and hitting new benchmarks for efficiency- ...

"At least they're being spared the indignity of having a diesel pull them on that last mile," said Paul Childers, a maintenance worker. It was thoughtful of Childers to consider the engines, because ...

In a world propelled by combustion engines, gas turbines and nuclear reactors, the steam engine may seem like a relic of the past. But without this game-changing invention, the modern world would be a ...