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US Steel 70-tonner and brake sled, Lynch, KY

US Steel 70-tonner and brake sled, Lynch, KY

US Steel 70-tonner and brake sled at Lynch, KY, Mar 1979 -Jay Thompson

The trackage at the US Steel loader at Lynch was steep so a brake sled built from an old C&O/Pere Marquette coal tender was used to give the switcher more braking power. This sled was used with the 70-tonner as well, Mar 1979

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