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Depending on the era, it could indeed be unloaded by hand. Just some guy and a shovel. Yup. Not only seems like a lot of work, it probably was! Lots of tasks up to the 1950s were done by hand. Might seem a little hard to believe, but remember the first railroads were built by guys with pickaxes and shovels, with the help of some horses. Andrew
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