Illinois Institute of Technology - Integral / Lewis Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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xr ll, lil' .W w Every so often Techawks are startled to see Weird sorts of trains rumbling alongside the an- cient EM building. They descend the siding and hide in back of the group of buildings used by the American Association of Railroads. These ve- hicles range from fiery Weed burners to smooth track testers to gravel scoopers and cleaners to hopper car shakers. This association occupies three large labs on the north end of campus and one small brick block, all of which are filled with heavy and seemingly always moving machinery, which is used to study a vast assortment of common and not so common railroad problems. X fv fi iw X fax f , 1 E X ,.,., i

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