ASKOV, MINN. -- The Edins use e-mail, and they all have cell phones. But when it comes to harvesting practices, the family's approach Saturday was anything but 21st century. At the edge of their ...

A steam locomotive at Knott’s Berry Farm has been reborn, a birthing that took seven years. Engine No. 340, the “Green River,” is one of two engines owned by the farm. It and sister engine No. 41 were ...

As the searing heat has dissipated, the impact on crops is unfortunate. So much potential in fields has been trimmed by lack of moisture. We traveled to Detroit Lakes, Minn., for Labor Day weekend and ...

In the late 1800s, farmers on Delmarva began a transition from horse-drawn implements to a new innovation in a fast-evolving industrial age. That new invention was the steam-powered tractor, which was ...

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The introduction of several advanced, efficient, and more robust power options over the years has largely overshadowed steam ...

Built to last and as big as a dinosaur, it was obsolete before it left the factory in 1920. Nonetheless, with huge wheels and a gay canopy with a red fringe on top, the Huber "steam traction engine" ...

In a world propelled by combustion engines, gas turbines and nuclear reactors, the steam engine may seem like a relic of the past. But without this game-changing invention, the modern world would be a ...