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One of the most remarkable
lines in the United States of America is the Chicago,
Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific, on which operate some
of the largest electric locomotives in the world. Of
the 10,400 miles of track over 660 route miles through
the Rocky Mountains have been electrified, and the traffic
is dealt with by sixty-two giant electric locomotives.
In addition to these there are more than 1,250 steam
locomotives. There are over 1,000 passenger cars and
64,000 freight and other cars.
The continent of North America has presented to the
railway builder some of the greatest difficulties encountered
by man in his conquest of nature and the spanning of
immense distances. |
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