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This 4-8-4 Northern locomotive is the biggest, and most impressive, piece of old iron they have here at the museum.
See all of the large bolt heads here on the boiler? What the heck are those things? I'm guessing it has something to do with the firebox... Let me know if you have an idea.
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This is certainly another impressive piece of old railroad iron too. Interesting that its useful service life was only 9 years compared to almost 20 years for the Northern steam engine.
