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"Ed Huntress" wrote:

At Rogers Locomotive in NJ, they
made entire locomotives without a single milling machine, using chisels and
files.



Now that would have been interesting to watch.

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Wes wrote:

"Ed Huntress" wrote:

At Rogers Locomotive in NJ, they
made entire locomotives without a single milling machine, using chisels and
files.


Now that would have been interesting to watch.



Why? All they did was chisel or file away anything that didn't look
like a locomotive. ;-)


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