In its prime, a massive steam locomotive known as Big Boy No. 4014 was a moving eruption of smoke and vapor, a 6,300-horsepower brute dragging heavy freight trains over the mountains of Wyoming and ...

What’s 40 tons, shiny black and a jaw-dropping experience for kids of all ages? If getting close to a working steam locomotive, with giant steel wheels, drive rods as long as a car and hundreds of ...

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BROOKS, Ore. — Antique cars, tractors, threshing machines and giant steam traction engines are just some of the machinery on display at the 62-acre Powerland Heritage Park. For two weekends this ...

Steam locomotives clattering along railway tracks. Paddle steamers churning down the Murray. Dreadnought battleships powered by steam engines. Many of us think the age of steam has ended. But while ...

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The Great Oregon Steam-Up in Brooks has been showcasing antique machinery every summer since 1969. The machines on display can be as large as a crane or as small as a coffee grinder. Visitors can also ...