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Iron Horse Dies A Slow Death In Railside Graveyards
NEA Service reports on the decline of steam locomotives as diesels replace coal burners. In Conway Pennsylvania the railroad graveyard chops 18 engines monthly, with 565 retired in 1948 versus 244 in 1947. Modena Pennsylvania houses a 100 acre yard where 250 engines were scrapped in 1948.
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