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After a two-year hiatus, the Rotary Club of Mountain Top’s popular steam train excursion to Jim Thorpe returns on Sept. 13. This year’s trip will feature the majestic Steam Engine No. 2102, one of ...

In theory, Wankel-style rotary internal combustion engines have many advantages: they ditch the cumbersome crankcase and piston design, replacing it with a simple, single-chamber design and a thick, ...

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Rotary engines (also known as Wankel engines and Wankel rotary engines) are quite different from piston or "reciprocating" engines. One of the distinguishing features is that they don't need valves to ...

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