English is spoken here as an unofficial language and lingua franca.

BRISTOL, Tenn., Aug. 26 — The race to the playoffs is almost over in Nascar ’s Nextel Cup series, and the drama that usually makes the final few weeks of the regular season a miniclimax is oddly missing this time.

In accordance with S.R. practice since the days of Bulleid, the design of components employs welding extensively - in fact the smokebox, motion and slide bar brackets and frame stretchers are all-welded structures. [p163] The most ambitious of these items were undoubtedly the all-welded boilers for the short-lived and much-discussed Leader 0-6-6-0s; …

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