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Last of the Giants

Jan 01, 1959 | IMDB 0

23 min Watch Now

History, Documentary

A Union Pacific production outlining the Big Boy locomotive and the history of the last great steam engine to rule the rails

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Allan Krieg, Vincent H. Hunter, Richard Harrison, Glen Turner, Ralph Burrell, Bill Keith

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