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New York Central Freight Train, 1897

New York Central Freight Train, 1897
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New York Central Freight Train, 1897

The Freight Train shown here is a New York Central train along the Hudson. It as a single mogul engine having cylinders 19x 24 Inches. The train has 60 cars with each car empty weighing 30,000 pounds. Each car held 60,000 pounds of wheat,

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