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D&RGW 223

September 21, 2016 03:26PM

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Do we have any chemists, electricians or engineers who could speculate on how steam and zinc can react to create such a charge? If these newspaper accounts are not bogus, that would be interesting to hear the scientific explanation for.

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1861 Story of an "electric" steam locomotive	bcp	September 16, 2016 11:18PM
Re: 1861 Story of an "electric" steam locomotive	dougvv	September 17, 2016 01:45AM
Re: 1861 Story of an "electric" steam locomotive	guymonmd	September 19, 2016 02:03PM
Re: 1861 Story of an "electric" steam locomotive	rdamurphy	September 20, 2016 11:45PM
Re: 1861 Story of an "electric" steam locomotive	D&RGW 223	September 21, 2016 03:26PM
Re: 1861 Story of an "electric" steam locomotive	John Bush	September 21, 2016 07:07PM
Re: 1861 Story of an "electric" steam locomotive	dougvv	September 21, 2016 08:11PM

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