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''.]] Vulcan Iron Works, based in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania , manufactured Railroad Locomotive s. The company was established in 1849 by Richard Jones, and ceased operation in 1954. Vulcan produced its first Internal Combustion locomotive in the 1920s; a total of 54 Diesel-electric Switcher units (each weighing 25 tons or more, including a 70-ton B-B unit built for Carnegie Steel Company in 1944, the company's largest) came out of Vulcan's shops between 1938 and 1954. REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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