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'Electro Motive' Train
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A man in a suit and hat is standing on the side of a train engine in a train yard. Railroad employees can be seen in and on the train, and a group of men are on the railroad tracks in the distance. Railroad cars are along the set of tracks behind the train.
1940
Taylor, J. Robert
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WHi 56036
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