• An engineer inspects the running gear of a steam locomotive at Steamtown NHS

    Steamtown

    National Historic Site Pennsylvania

Replacing a Tire on a Steam Locomotive

This slide presentation shows how a steam locomotive tire is changed (click to view MS Powerpoint (1,553k) or Adobe Acrobat (838k)).

Did You Know?

A steam locomotive rolls onto the turntable while visitors watch.

Turntables give locomotives access to the roundhouse and allow them to turn around.  Steamtown National Historic Site, in Scranton, PA, has a 90-foot turntable. More...