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AMONG the established plants which the l United States Shipping Board found al- ready equipped for efficient service in connection with the execution of its extensive shipbuilding program is that of ...

The Norfolk & Western 2156 was the strongest-pulling steam locomotive in the world during its coal-hauling heyday in the 1940s and ’50s.