KINGFIELD, Maine — "I have a little toy down here that I like to use," Mark Smith joked as he reached down beside the seat of the antique car.

A moment later, there was a blast that sounded like a freight train was about to reach the crossing—even though there were no railroad tracks around.

There's a good reason for the ear-splitting sound. Smith had just pulled the lever to blow the steam whistle on the car, a 1910 Stanley Steamer. With a boiler pressure of 600 PSI, there's plenty of power to drive the horn.

The folks around Kingfield have come to know that sound well. It means the 115-year-old car is on the road, spreading the message of the Stanley Museum.

The museum honors three of the small town's most remarkable residents. The Stanley Brothers, Francis and Freeman, identical twi

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