MOP 9000s, C36-7s, in Cajon Pass |
When the photo above was taken in the 80's, Estonia was still under the Soviet thumb. The majority of the road power of Eesti Raudtee is former U.S. GEs. (link.) I can't find out if there is an onomatopoetic word such as chug in Estonian, but you would think there is one.
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