Stoking the coal furnace was one of my childhood chores. I lived in the Cowenhoven building, one typical of Aspen’s older brick and stone structures. Tons of coal, delivered by the truckload, boiled ...

A steam shovel found embedded in the bottom of Wixom Lake in October 2020 is well on its way to being fully restored. Mike Oberloier, of Beaverton, who now owns the shovel, recently displayed parts of ...

Mike Oberloier was 11 on an August day in 1975 and in a boat on Wixom Lake along with his older brother and dad searching for a steam-powered shovel that was said to be submerged at the bottom. The ...

The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad engineer and fireman school poses with instructors in front of the Engine 487 at the summit of Cumbres Pass in Colorado. In the thick of swirling plumes of ...