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The railroads performed truly remarkable feats during the 1937 flood. Special trains evacu-
ated refugees to higher ground and brought relief supplies to cities cut off by flooded roads.
This Chesapeake and Ohio Railway crew in Cincinnati is hard at work loading an unusual
cargo—part of 4,000 damaged gas meters being sent off for repair so they will be ready for
use when the city's gas service is resumed.
