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philip.marshall

October 13, 2018 12:05AM

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Here is an official FR video from 2013 of a 60-wagon (!) gravity train, the longest ever attempted in the preservation era:

Youtube: Slate train - 1863 and all that!

https://youtu.be/B5xzUsNbZ-g

-Philip Marshall

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Worth A Look.	Chris Walker	October 11, 2018 03:26AM
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