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Troop train on the Southern

By Angela Cotey | June 19, 2023

A Southern Railway 4-8-2 leads a troop train near Craggy, N.C., in August 1944. The train is en route from Knoxville, Tenn., to Asheville, N.C.
Frank Clodfelter photo

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