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  1. May 9, 2021, 09:27 PM #1
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    Mini hopper train unloading coal - GIF

    Mini hopper train unloading coal.




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    That sure is a step up from the Sutro Tunnel where mules with blocks of ice strapped to their back were used to haul rock to the surface...

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    It made me laugh. That train bouncing and banging over those rollers, and the guy standing there banging the side of each car to shake out the coal I assume.
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    how do they drive the prime mover?



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