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The “Pennsylvania” of the Philadelphia & Reading wasn't only the biggest of the camelbacks designed by James Milholland, but also the biggest locomotive in the world when it was completed in 1863. It was a 0-12-0 that was used as pusher on the steep Falls Grade near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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