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Caption: Trains Off Line: The Challenge of Railroad Safety Marker — bottom left image
Additional Description: This backpack water sprayer was used to douse brush fires along train tracks ignited by burning embers from steam locomotives. The sprayer is in the collections of the Hamburg Historical Society.
Submitted: July 18, 2022, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.
Database Locator Identification Number: p667677
File Size: 3.377 Megabytes

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