> You can't get a steam engine to dig a hole though Steam shovels came out in the early 1800s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_shovel https://en.wikipedia.

> You can't get a steam engine to dig a hole though Steam shovels came out in the early 1800s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_shovel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_shovel > They were limited to rails Um, no: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_tractor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_tractor and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_steam_road_vehicles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_steam_road_vehicles