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Description An illustration of a planned double-ended locomotive, designed by Robert F. Fairlie, to be built by William Mason & Co. of Taunton, Massachusetts for the Central Pacific Railroad. It looks very similar to the Janus of 1871. See "Other versions"
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Source Scientific American, September 4, 1869. Volume 21, no. 10. [1]
Author Unknown illustrator of the time.
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  • The Janus of 1871.
    The Janus of 1871.

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current13:33, 3 March 2023Thumbnail for version as of 13:33, 3 March 20233,303 × 1,094 (1.63 MB)Rsteen (talk | contribs){{Information |Description= An illustration of a planned double-ended locomotive, designed by Robert F. Fairlie, to be built by William Mason & Co. of Taunton, Massachusetts for the Central Pacific Railroad. It looks very similar to the ''Janus'' of 1871. See "Other versions" |Source= Scientific American, September 4, 1869. Volume 21, no. 10. [https://archive.org/details/scientific-american-1869-09-04/page/n3/mode/2up] |Date= 1869 |Author= Unknown illustrator of the time. |Permission= {{PD-...

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