Using compressed air as a power adder (supercharger) is in vogue again! Younger readers may be wondering what we mean by this and argue that forcing super-cold, highly pressurized air into an engine’s ...

Belching out black smoke, steam locomotives (SLs) boasted an unyielding presence on Japan’s rails decades ago.

Picture it: America, 2008. A nation entranced with Heath Ledger's portrayal of the Joker, getting down to "Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain ... and paying an unheard-of $4.31 for a gallon of regular ...

When you’ve gone to the trouble of building your own backyard railway, chances are pretty good that at some point, you’re going to want to add a locomotive of some sort. After all, nobody wants to be ...

Compressed air isn’t really a practical form of energy storage for headline uses like transport or heating, but it’s a fun thing to tinker with at the small scale. [Tom Stanton] is plenty experienced ...

Trends—they’re important elements of the huge and sometimes complex puzzle that is the hot rod hobby. For HOT ROD editors, staying abreast of the latest performance-based automotive trends is ...

An Australian man has invented a vehicle powered by compressed air, although it’s not the world’s first, despite his claims (I’ve seen other prototypes before). However, the best part of Angelo Di ...

An engine's displacement and compression ratio both play a big part in determining how much power it makes. Here's how the ...

As the engine is divided into two parts, with a turbogenerator driving an electric motor to produce electricity to power a second set of electric motors that drive the compressor and turbofan ...

A 20-year-old mastermind from Romania has built the world's first full-size Lego car, with a compressed air-powered Lego engine. It has space for two passengers and can hit a top speed of around 30 ...