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Caption: Marker detail: Engine
Additional Description: A "cow-catcher" on the front of the train prevented objects on the track from being drawn under the wheels.

At the rear of the engine were reservoirs for water and for coal, to keep the steam engine running. The water reservoir surrounded the coal reservoir in a u-shape.
Submitted: August 18, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p535450
File Size: 1.023 Megabytes

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