Volunteers at the WW&F Railway Museum in Alna, Maine are building a new steam locomotive. Here you see Harold and Quintin pouring molten lead into the hollow counterweights on one of the locomotive’s drive wheels. This process allows a precise ratio to counterbalance the force of the drive rods, which will be attached to the opposite side of the counterweight.

Taken June 11, 2025.

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