To demonstrate that the technology was fit for purpose and to select between the various competing options, on April 25, 1829, the L&MR Treasurer, Henry Booth, issued a challenge to ‘all Engineers and ...

A boiler explosion occurred in a brass foundry at Bridgeport, Ct., on the 12th inst., the force of which nearly demolished the whole building. We learn from the Farmer that the catastrophe does ...

The United States, in spite of this fact and the additional evidence of the value of superheat arising from its almost universal use in locomotive ... of the boiler tubes. Steam passing from ...

Many were killed instantly by the explosion, fire, falling timbers, shrapnel and searing steam from the boilers, and many by drowning. Hundreds of bodies were reported floating in the river the ...

When two Denver & Rio Grande Railroad trains collided on the night of Jan. 15, 1909, near the east entrance to Glenwood ...

An HVAC technician recently shared the aftermath of a dangerous boiler explosion on Reddit, offering a stark reminder of the risks posed by malfunctioning gas-based heating systems. According to the ...

The wet steam, on the water issuing from the boiler, gives this minimum proportion. The apparatus to be fitted to the locomotive to admit of working counter-pressure steam as a brake, is as simple ...

London's not short of light festivals and illumination shows at this time of year, but there's one that always gets our attention — a steam train covered in twinkling fairy lights. Epping Ongar ...

advanced fuels and energy, requires the use of pretreatments to make subsequent biological and chemical reactions more efficient in sustainable biorefineries. Steam explosion (SE) is one of the most ...