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Making America's Best Idea Even Better
Steamtown National Historic SiteCN 3254 pulls a train under the Erie Railroad Bridge in Dunmore, PA. 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?
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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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This small steam locomotive has six wheels and has a water tank above the boiler. It is called a 'saddle-tank' engine.  

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This E. J. Lavino & Company locomotive was originally owned by the Poland Springs Railroad, part of the Poland Springs water company of Maine. See this, and more than 20 other steam locomotives, at Steamtown National Historic Site.
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