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Gallery 917: Around the World in Trams Special - New York Museum of Transportation


This is a Caterpillar powered crawler tractor built for the Town of Rush in 1924 where it would remain in use for snow removal until 1976. Nicknaed "Big Bertha" or "Big Bess" it was acquired by the museum in 1976.

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