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Thread #56950   Message #895119
Posted By: My guru always said
21-Feb-03 - 10:09 AM
Thread Name: What's a pufferbillie / pufferbelly?
Subject: RE: What's a pufferbillie / pufferbelly?
Yes of course Steve, road locomotives were heavy haulage vehicles weren't they? Several traction engines could be harnessed as a train to pull enormous weights. Of course they needed some more working engines behind the 'load' to assist with 'braking'. Was this why they were called locomotives? Or am I on the wrong track? Upline?