Coal Shortage Stops Them-Thirty "Iron Horses" of the Illinois Central system rest in their stalls in Memphis, idled by the lack of fuel. Locomotives pulled out of service resulted in cancelling six scheduled freight runs and reduced by 50 per cent. unscheduled runs.

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Coal Shortage Stops Them-Thirty "Iron Horses" of the Illinois Central system rest in their stalls in Memphis, idled by the lack of fuel. Locomotives pulled out of service resulted in cancelling six scheduled freight runs and reduced by 50 per cent. unscheduled runs.

Associated Press · [ca. May 1946]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Labor: Strikes: Miners: U.S.

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