Amtrak Trials First Cow-Powered Train–Manchester Guardian headline, 4/27/2010
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Erstwhile mule-skinner Rusty Ketchum leads the
Afternoon Congressional out of Washington, D.C.’s Union Station
and accelerates the train to 180 m.p.h. on the first long
straight section of roadbed. The electric-diesel livestock are imports from the 4-H Club of Wister, Oklahoma and require almost daily
maintenance by a hand-picked crew of six technicians.
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The actual story is here.
Images: (train) via carbuyersnotebook.com; (driver) farm1.static.flickr.com; (cows) bp1.blogger.com via andibryant.blogspot.com