Rail roads and their tracks.

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We were at a museum in Polson Montana today, a huge collection of things inside and out. This was outside and caught my eye, I no nothing about it and there was no sign.
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dodge man said:
We were at a museum in Polson Montana today, a huge collection of things inside and out. This was outside and caught my eye, I no nothing about it and there was no sign.
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Saddle tanker? 'Fireless'? There is no distinct firebox and what seems to be the smokebox really looks small and 'boxy' to me, as in not drafting a boiler as we might expect out of familiarity. (Nothing so specific in the links.)

Note that lacking a fuel tender and with the cylindrical outer body extending to the rear of the cab I wonder if this is one of those engines into whom pre-heated bricks were loaded to generate steam. It would make sense to me for a lumbering operation for several reasons that come to mind.
 
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Unprocessed taconite rock awaits dumping at Northshore Mining's processing plant in Silver Bay MN on September 13, 2023.
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the old grind said:
Saddle tanker? 'Fireless'? There is no distinct firebox and what seems to be the smokebox really looks small and 'boxy' to me, as in not drafting a boiler as we might expect out of familiarity. (Nothing so specific in the links.)

Note that lacking a fuel tender and with the cylindrical outer body extending to the rear of the cab I wonder if this is one of those engines into whom pre-heated bricks were loaded to generate steam. It would make sense to me for a lumbering operation for several reasons that come to mind.
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I wonder how it was fired as well.
 
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