In this video, we will explain how steam locomotives operate, breaking down the engineering behind one of the most impressive innovations in transportation.

We're riding the rails through history at the Henry Ford, exploring how a steam locomotive works in this week's Moment of Science! 🚂🚃🚃 ...

There aren't a whole lot of controls to work with. But that's just an electric train. When it comes to steam engines, things look a lot more complicated.

Steam engines haven't been the primary method of travel for decades, but the technology and its modern applications continue to evolve in certain industries.

Of the thousands of steam engines that were manufactured, few were designed to provide the raw power these behemoths of engineering used to push and pull.

Electricity is the best way to power most tiny electric models, including trains. A coal-fired steam turbine is the right way, however.

The steam locomotive the "Jupiter," engine No. 84, as it appeared around 1880. The locomotive was acquired by the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History ...

The Nevada Northern Railway in Ely maintains a unique corner of American history by keeping turn of the 20th century train engines ticking.

Engine 169 was part of a 12-locomotive order built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1883.