NEB&W Guide to Construction Equipment & DetailsThis file is open to website members only
Last Update: 2008-09-26
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Introduction
The Hopewell video Within The Oval, filmed in 1947, showed a steam-powered piece of road equipment. The segment is too short and I don't know enough to pick out what it was, but I think it might be a road roller. However, the real point is that steam was still a viable power source used at that point, even off the rails.My first impression between equipment appropriate for the steam-era and today's equipment is that