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A couple of interesting things about the "Big Blows", sometime in the early to mid 60's the city of L.A. banned them because of the noise an smoke pollution. So most of the units were turned at Las Vegas. Yes a few did get thru. The other tid bit I read somewhere in TRAINS, was somewhere around Larimie Wy., a wb was halted for a red block under a freeway bridge. Well like a couple of posts ago said, it melted the concrete! It left a eight foot hole!!! I guess thats why the call them "BIG BLOWS"!! Ha. Ha.
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