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John E. Bull

October 01, 2009 10:12PM

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Dec 13, 1892
Says the Chama Northwest: “Roadmaster Tom Gleason ran his flanger up to Ozier Wednesday. This is a great labor saving machine. It will clean both rails to the spikes from Durango to Alamosa in twelve hours. It is the invention of a mechanic of the D. & R.G., and has never been patented.”

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Early invention of flanger used on Cumbres.	John E. Bull	October 01, 2009 10:12PM
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