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John E. Bull

October 23, 2009 06:39PM

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Those shop men worked very cheaply, and did a good job as less than
$1 per mile per locomotive is a number that any steam owner would die for, even at pro-rated increase to todays dollars.
You can do a Goggle Book search and read the 1885 1st Annual report of RR Commissioner for some also interesting data.

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Interesting tidbits from the D&GRW 1962 Annual Report	Rich Muth	October 23, 2009 04:27PM
Re: Interesting tidbits from the D&GRW 1962 Annual Report	John E. Bull	October 23, 2009 06:39PM

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