Engineering Students Cited in WABI Report on Lombard Steam Log Hauler
Work by University of Maine mechanical engineering students was mentioned in a WABI (Channel 5) report about the Maine Forest and Logging Museum’s event celebrating logging machinery of the past. A Lombard steam log hauler, famous for being the first successful vehicle to run on tracks, was on display at the Bradley museum, according to the report. The log hauler was invented and built in Waterville between 1910 and 1917 and was the subject of a 2014 UMaine capstone project in which students restored the machine to working condition.