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History of the Locomotive - Episode 317

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Steam Engines - What I Did Not Know

"As long as it's a steam locomotive, I got you covered," says James Carville. "I feel like you could get tired in the rail industry." Today's locomotives are not diesel engines with drive shafts connecting to wheels but electric ones that run an electric generator and produce power at the wheels.

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