21. In Houston, young fans can entertain themselves playing Sega video games or watching a genuine steam locomotive that appears to pull the retractable roof open and shut. 22. In the case of steam locomotives, the sound system is placed in the spacious tender, which on real trains was filled with coal and water. 23. Meanwhile, Lionel introduced new steam locomotives, trolleys, passenger cars, freight cars and a caboose. 24. Near the foot of the bridge, in a park-like setting, is a World War II-era steam locomotive on display near a tiny platform. 25. My mechanic IQ would have scored somewhere between that of a carrot and a steam locomotive. 26. Nineteenth-century French novelist Gustave Flaubert loathed that newfangled contraption, the steam locomotive. 27. Right now, the rail line owns five diesel locomotives, two steam locomotives, nine passenger cars and two gasoline-powered motorcars. 28. So, as some people track down steam locomotives around the world, after I became a foreign correspondent for The New York Times, I tracked down organs. 29. Steam locomotives require heavy maintenance and must be taken out of service at least several days per week, he said. 30. Steamtown features steam locomotives, interactive exhibits, and railroad memorabilia. |