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A Dining car equipped weighs 140,000 pounds, a 10-section sleeping car from 110,000 to 125,000, the buffet library 107,000, the baggage car 85000 tbe postal car 103,600, reclining chair car, 87,000, ordinary passenger coach 93,000 and locomotive 260,000 and there you have the Colorado Limited. All aboard!
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