Something new in transportation, a steam car modelled after the old Stanley Steamer, made its debut here Wednesday night with a Yale man at the wheel. Gilbert Stevenson, Yale '36, of Polham ...

The comedian has a collection of vintage vehicles that have more in common with a classic train than a modern car, and of those, his 1906 Stanley Steamer seems to be one of his favorites.

That would include a school-record 4,642 all-purpose career yards ... and Vol fans of a certain age will be forever grateful. “Stanley the Steamer,” as some referred to him in the press ...