is returned to its nest by the steam shovel. In the Thomas & Friends TV series, a steam shovel named Ned appears as a minor character. A rail-mounted steam shovel named Marion also appears in Thomas & Friends, beginning with the movie Tale of the Brave. In the Australian children's TV series Mr. Squiggle, Bill the Steam Shovel provides comic relief and produces steam from his "nose" when he laughs. In the Clive Cussler novel The Saboteurs, steam shovels play a key part of the storyline in the sabotage of the building of the Panama Canal. See also Excavator Steam crane Crane (railroad) Dredge Notes References External links Photo of the Le Roy Marion shovel at work The Long Journey of a Steam Shovel – the story of a preserved Ruston-Bucyrus steam shovel in Spain – Video of a working steam shovel and a clamshell-fitted steam crane Bucyrus Official Website Steam shovel photo register, including many working shovels. Copper Range Steam Shovel X-2 Cranes (machines) Engineering vehicles Steam road vehicles