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Compound Rail.

Description: Patent for a compound rail that's joints are as strong as the rest of the rail and prevent jolting when a train passes over the joint.
Date: October 27, 1908
Creator: Cromer, Thomas S.
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[Train Engine #906 and Cars]

Description: Photograph of train engine #906 and attached cars on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. The text "906" is visible on the front of the engine. Electrical poles line the tracks on either side, with flat grassy land spreading out around. Handwritten text below the image says, "T&P #906 near Queen City, Texas 1938."
Date: 1938
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
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[Train Engine #902 and Cars - Queen City, Texas]

Description: Photograph of a train engine and attached cars on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "902" is visible on the front of the engine. Smoke billows out of the front chimney. Bushy grass fills the landscape around. Electrical poles line the tracks on the left side. Handwritten text below the image says, "T&P #902 with Train No. 7 at Queen City, Texas May 18th 1937."
Date: May 18, 1937
Creator: Brown, A. E.
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[Train Engine #667 and Cars]

Description: Photograph of train engine #667 and attached cars on railroad tracks, viewed from the front. "667" is visible on the front of the engine. Electrical poles line the grass on the right side of the tracks. Trees stand in the back to the left. Handwritten text below the image says, "Queen City, Texas Mar.1936.'"
Date: March 1936
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
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[News Script: Wheat]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about wheat farmers of Perryton say that about 2 million bushels of wheat they harvested is piled up around elevators awaiting shipment is in danger of being ruined.
Date: July 6, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Track Fastener

Description: Patent for railroad track fastener. This invention is made of metallic track fasteners and uses a joint for meeting together the ends of the rails. Illustration included.
Date: July 14, 1908
Creator: Hutchins, William Dennis
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Timber Hewing Machine

Description: Patent for a timber hewing machine. This invention is designed for hewing timbers or railroad ties. Illustration included.
Date: July 31, 1906
Creator: Melton, William K. & King, James G.
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Car-Coupling.

Description: Patent for an improved car coupling, including illustrations. "This invention relates to an improvement to car coupling, having for its object to effect the coupling of cars with facility and without danger to the operator, the coupling operation being performed automatically, and without requiring the passing of the operator between the cars" (lines 10-15).
Date: November 7, 1882
Creator: Nelson, John B.
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