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549:Franco, Prof. I.; Labryn, P. (11 November 2013).
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678:International Railway Journal
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843:"Broke Down Engine Blues"
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606:Electric Railway Handbook
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576:Steimel, Andreas (2008).
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390:MTV Unplugged In New York
734:Holland, Julian (2011).
555:. Springer. p. 52.
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818:"Lyrics: Driving Wheel"
294:Other uses of the term
72:which is driven by the
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246:On locomotives with
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537:Ransome-Wallis 2001
356:Blind Willie McTell
129:shunter locomotives
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