When your steam engine build requires multiple microscopes, including those of the scanning electron variety, you know you’re building something really, really tiny. All of the usual tiny superlatives ...

ALGOMA - The arguably coolest, definitely most interesting and most historic vehicle on the lot at Algoma Motors isn't for sale, but it's drawing attention. It has to, because you sure can't miss it.

On a sliver of land in Jefferson Parish, between packed parking lots and near a helicopter landing pad, sits a bygone mode of transportation: a steam engine. The hulking Southern Pacific engine No.