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D H Badgley Runs Largest Locomotive in South
The Southern Labor Review from Birmingham features a cut of the largest locomotive in the world and notes D H Bagdley of Birmingham as the engine’s engineer. It travels to Carbon Hill daily pulling 2000 to 4000 tons of coal, but railroads may shift to smaller engines to cut costs and reduce road strain. This unique engine is said to be the only one in the South and is observed coming into Birmingham at the Frisco crossing on Nineteenth Street.
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Southern Labor Review of
Birmingham
Ala
Carbon Hill
D.H. Bagdley
Nineteenth Street