This virtual tour shows How a Steam Locomotive Tire is Changed (click to view MS Powerpoint (1,553k) or Adobe Acrobat (838k)).
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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