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    Location: Savanna, IL
     
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    Kansas City Southern Railway - KCS 4585 Meridian, Mississippi, USA - December 01, 2019
     
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    NYC locomotive, engine number 4586, engine type 0-6-0
     
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    Great Western 4588 was built by the GWR in Swindon in 1927 and spent the bulk of its working life in Cornwall, being based in Truro for many years. It also spent time at Tyseley (when new), Penzance before moving to Plymouth Laira.
     
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    New Wallaroo Jetty [B 4589]

    Steam and horse-power work together at the new Wallaroo jetty. A smoke plume puffs from the funnel of the Swedish steamship Unden as she lies alongside the new jetty as bags of wheat are hoisted aboard. A small locomotive approaches along the jetty and some heavy horses can be seen behind a wagon. In the foreground rail tracks criss cross the jetty. [On back of photograph] 'South Australia / New Wallaroo jetty, first vessel to load wheat.
     
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    Air France Flight 4590 - Concorde
     
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    Rasender Roland, Railway, narrow gauge railway, rĂ¼gen, steam locomotive 4592
     
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    BR British Railways Steam Locomotive Class 4575 4593 at Perranporth in 1960
     
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    Fichier:231 4594
     
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    CHEDDAR RAILWAY STATION GWR LOCO NO 4595 IN STATION
     
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    Jubilee 4596 'Bahamas' southbound at Baron Wood - Aug'89.
     
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    GWR CLASS 4575 LOCO NO 4597 AT PADDINGDON
     
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    Foto-Deutsche-Dampflok-G8-4598-Nord
     
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    LMS London Midland and Scottish Railway Steam Locomotive 4599 at Shipley in 1947 - 9/6/47
     
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    CSX 4600(SD40) - Location: Atlanta, Georgia - 20/09/2004
     
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    Designed and built by Metropolitan Vickers Ltd., England, these locomotives were used for hauling passenger and goods trains over the severely-graded electrified sections between Sydney, Lithgow and Gosford. No. 4601 went into service in June, 1956, and the last one was ready by the end of 1958.

    Buffing gear and couplers are attached to the bogie frames, which are linked by a specially-designed drawgear unit. Haulage stress is thereby confined to the bogies, the locomotive body being solely used to house the electrical control and braking equipment. This arrangement also facilitates the tracking of the bogies on curves.

    The electrified lines beyond the Sydney suburban network operate at the same voltage as the suburban lines, viz., 1,500 volts D.C.

    The specifications called for extremely powerful locomotives, for they were required to haul 400 tons (406 t) up a continuous grade of 1 in 33 (3.3 %) at 35 m.p.h. (55 km/h). Regenerative braking is provided to assist in holding trains on the steep and lengthy descents
     
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    Locomotive: CNW 4602(GP38-2) - Location: Carrollton, TX
     
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    Steam locomotive 4603 of Bulgarian national railway company (BDZ), the largest tender locomotive in Europe, during vintage and romantic voyage with railroad enthusiasts, Bulgaria, April 24, 2016.
     
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