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16.4.16

SOCIALISM IS A CONSPIRACY OF LOSERS AGAINST ACHIEVERS.

Everything else is details.
Posted by Stephen Karlson at 11:36
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"Cold Spring Shops" was the name of the primary repair and car building facility of The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company ... builders of trolley dining cars and the Christmas parade train ... perhaps I can be that creative too.

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