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Thad in AR. 
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 Topic: An interesting find
Posted: 07 Jan 2026 at 6:53pm |
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My brother works for the county in Eastern Colorado.
They were digging up a dirt bank to build a bridge.
They dug up a complete steam engine tractor.
I’ll try to post pics later.
I’ll post more info as I get it.
I thought that was pretty neat.
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Thad in AR.
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Posted: 21 hours 14 minutes ago at 4:09am |
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He messaged me last night and told me they buried it back.
He said too many people were coming around and timing wouldn’t allow for it to be removed.
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Thad in AR.
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Posted: 21 hours 5 minutes ago at 4:18am |
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I can’t get the pics to post.
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SteveM C/IL
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Posted: 18 hours 1 minutes ago at 7:22am |
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It'll take forever for the boiler to rust through and create a void in the soil. This is kinda like the 3 s's.
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Dennis J OPKs
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Posted: 17 hours 30 minutes ago at 7:53am |
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I think there are stories and maybe actual documentation of one or more of these being dug out of an old riverbed. I haven't tried Google yet. Too bad the looky-loos invaded. Will await photos. Hopefully a someday project for someone.
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jaybmiller
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Posted: 16 hours 22 minutes ago at 9:01am |
My uncle Bob worked building the Alaskan Highway and KNOWs that several, sniff, sniff, A-C dozers got buried in the muskeg... rule was if stuck, you had 10 minutes to extract or it got buried. I bet there's a LOT of neat buried treasures up there !
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AC7060IL
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Posted: 16 hours 9 minutes ago at 9:14am |
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I’ve travelled thru the central & north eastern CO US36/I70 / I76 corridors numerous times. Wondering why bury a steam engine there? Appears to always be very arid.
Maybe an abandon steam engine would get drifted in by blow sand/dirt over decades??
Maybe another eastern CO (South east?) region though?
Edited by AC7060IL - 16 hours 7 minutes ago at 9:16am
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DMiller
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Posted: 16 hours 6 minutes ago at 9:17am |
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Was typical "Back in the Day" as Gas and eventually oil fuels took off to abandon the old steamers eventually becoming what they considered Semi Solid Non Compactible Fill for erosion controls, generally failed to function as intended.
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Posted: 13 hours 56 minutes ago at 11:27am |
 AC7060IL wrote:
I’ve travelled thru the central & north eastern CO US36/I70 / I76 corridors numerous times. Wondering why bury a steam engine there? Appears to always be very arid.
Maybe an abandon steam engine would get drifted in by blow sand/dirt over decades??
Maybe another eastern CO (South east?) region though? |
20 miles south of Burlington and I 70 right near the Kansas border.
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