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Steamtown National Historic SiteCN 3254 rolls past one of the many lakes in the Pocono Mountains on one of Steamtown's many excursions. (NPS Photo, Ken Ganz)
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Flames envelope a steam engine wheel as the tire is changed.
How do you change a steam engine's tire?
This Virtual Tour tells the tale.
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Learn about the biggest steam locomotive in the world.
The Union Pacific had the biggest steam engines.
Find out about the Big Boy steam locomotives.
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Drawing of mechanical engineer Elijay McCoy, creator of the 'real McCoy' automatic lubricator.  

Did You Know?
Elijah J. McCoy, a brilliant African-American mechanical engineer, invented an automatic lubricator cup (or drip cup) for steam locomotives and other machines. It worked so well that inspectors, when checking in a new piece of machinery, would ask, "Is it the real McCoy?"
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Last Updated: September 02, 2008 at 14:48 EST