Per regulation by the Federal Railroad Administration, every steam engine in the United States must undergo a complete teardown and rebuild, making sure that the pressurized vessel of the boiler ...

A Jeep builder in Pennsylvania took one look at all that and said, “Nah—let’s do steam.” The result? A six-ton, smoke-belching, gear-clanking throwback called the Loco Hauk. It’s a 6×6 Jeep Wrangler ...

Peter Tuffrey collection Its appearance was rather unusual since the smokebox, boiler ... road and used four car engines, amounting to some 800 horsepower, to provide traction for the railcar ...