If you ever manage to take a peek inside the train operator's compartment on the subway, the whole operation might strike you as kind of simple. There aren't a whole lot of controls to work with. But ...

You’ll find an excellent treatment of theory, practice and history in How Steam Locomotives Really Work by P. W. B. Semmens and A. S. Goldfinch. The Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox!

The first thing most visitors to Disneyland see when they enter the park is the Main Street station of the Disneyland Railroad. If they time it right, they even get to see a train pulling into the ...

Elijah McCoy was the real McCoy. Maybe. The inventor held 57 United States patents, mostly related to the railway. His inventions, which were not headline-making outside the field of steam engines, ...