Hints and tips:
...Railroad conductors in the US have wielded ticket punches ever since Pappy Ayres, a riverboat captain who doubled as a conductor on the Erie railroad, came up with the idea as a way to combat ticket fraud...
...Similarly impressive work is undertaken at General Electric’s main locomotive plant in Erie, Pennsylvania, where the company works to cut fuel consumption and develop hybrid, power-saving techniques....
...The bad times look good for the railway supply industry, just as the good times were bad....
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