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The handrail on the steps leading down to the No. 2 main engine room is too hot to touch. The air is thick and stifling. Giant boilers rumble and roar, burning diesel fuel at a constant 2,500 degrees.

The association bought the 105-year-old 12HP steam engine about two years ago, and member Rick Finley, who works with antique steam engines from his home in Marion, offered to restore it.

A working pressure of steam can be generated in the boiler in heater for feed,or supply water. T is a safety valve, and U the throttle valve.

A number of engine and rail-car owners use the Cleveland facility to do their work. In its current form, the engine has an oil-fired boiler, but it will be converted back to coal, Harvey said.

Credit Line Bequest of the Estate of Greville I. Bathe date made early 20th century ID Number ER.328990 accession number 278175 catalog number 328990 Object Name toy steam engine & boiler toy, ...