The mail carrier of 100 years ago. ; The flight of the fast mail on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Ry. The popular passenger route between the east and west

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  "The Fast Mail." : Scene of catching and delivering the mails on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway

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  The Hinkley Locomotive Works, Boston

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  Outside connected passenger engine. Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. Manchester N.H

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  Lake Pleasant, Mass. Hoosac tunnel route. : A popular summer resort

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  Passenger locomotive Lancaster (Penna.) Locomotive Works, No. [space] 1857

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