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Making America's Best Idea Even Better
Steamtown National Historic SiteSteam engine Canadian National 3254, a freight locomotivebuilt in 1917, pulls a flat car and caboose in the railroad yard at Steamtown.
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Steamtown National Historic Site
Replacing a Tire on a Steam Locomotive

This virtual tour shows How a Steam Locomotive Tire is Changed (click to view MS Powerpoint (1,553k) or Adobe Acrobat (838k)).
A steam locomotive exits a tunnel and rolls past fall colors on one of Steamtown's long train rides.  

Did You Know?
Railroads are built with as few hills and curves as possible. If a railroad cannot go over or around a hill, a tunnel is constructed through the hill. Some of Steamtown National Historic Site's train rides travel through the Nay Aug Tunnel in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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Last Updated: September 26, 2007 at 12:43 EST