Here’s a fascinating look at high-tech manufacturing in the 1930’s. This week’s Retrotechtacular features the building of a steam-powered locomotive. The quality of the black and white footage, and ...

ASTORIA, Ore. — Pulled by a winch from a Caterpillar, the hulking frame of the No. 21 Baldwin steam locomotive engine inched its way under a boiler weighing more than 20 tons, perched on four Jenga ...

A rare glimpse inside of Lima Locomotive Works in 1924, which reveals the complex art of steam railroad locomotive construction. siris_sil_488592 ...

OF all the many branches of engineering, that of locomotive engineering has been generally over-looked by the writers of text-books, and until quite recently the only works on this important subject ...