Once upon a time, the steam engine reigned supreme -- first in trains and heavy tractors, as you well know, but eventually in cars as well. It's quite hard to fathom today, but at the turn of the 20th ...
A LITTLE while ago we looked over a new Empire steam car and were astonished, on arriving chez lui, to find a large and beautiful machine, resembling a slightly over-nourished Rolls-Royce. It had a ...
In August 2009, the British Steam Car, driven by Charles Burnett III, smashed a record that had stood for a century: the land-speed record for a steam-powered car. Burnett drove his vehicle on a track ...