Model steam engines have intrigued hackers and makers for over 100 years. Many of us have seen old steam engine models up for sale at garage sales and various internet auction sites. The problem wi… ...

Lane was able to listen, feel, troubleshoot, shovel coal, adjust a crankshaft, turn a few valves and take me for a ride all within about 10 minutes of my arrival.

It resembles, in a measure, the portable engine of Hoard Bradford, of "Water-town, N. Y., and is something like the one of CharlesMann,ofTroy, N.T. Portable steam engines, we know, interest a ...