Making an electric-powered styrofoam boat isn’t as hard as it sounds, apparently. To create the toy boat, Jacensson carves the base out of styrofoam. He then cuts two pieces of a rubbish antenna into ...

On July 4, 1835, Richard Jones placed a miniature steam engine inside a 61/2-foot-long wooden boat with side wheels and launched it in the Wilkes-Barre canal basin. Jones, a local mill worker, had ...

To those who ride the tooting miniature steam trains at Berkeley's Tilden Park, the Redwood Valley Railway is a landmark almost as timeless as the Golden Gate Bridge. But to the initiated, the Tilden ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a miniature operational model ...

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It's almost time to send your kids back to school, and if your child has an interest in mechanical engineering or model building, there are several model engine kits to help them get started with ...

As a little boy in Maryland, Don Mathis couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw a miniature steam engine on a model train that blew actual steam. Watching that engine huff and puff made a lasting ...

, is an unmarked red warehouse. No sign indicates what’s inside: an expansive space where miniature train tracks crisscross and steam engines chug along. The place is , owned by Larry Staver and Amy O ...

Szymon Klimek has been building the miniature replicas for the past five years and has made over 100 tiny cars, bicycles and carriages. Click here to see a video of his models Credit: SCYMON KLIMEK / ...

File photo Today is Thursday, May 24, the 144th day of 2018. There are 221 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: Advertisement Article continues below this ad On May 24, 1968, the ...