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Belching out black smoke, steam locomotives (SLs) boasted an unyielding presence on Japan’s rails decades ago.

WILLIAMS, AZ (AZFamily)—Steam engine 4960 is special not only because it’s one of about 200 steam engines in operation in the U.S. but also because it’s the only steam engine that completely runs on ...