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Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive; Or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails

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    Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive; Or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails is a classic fantasy novel by Victor Appleton.

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    About Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive; Or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails

    "Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive; Or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails" by Victor Appleton is a novel published as Volume 25 in the original Tom Swift series. When railroad president Richard Bartholomew faces bankruptcy, he contracts Tom Swift to build a revolutionary electric locomotive capable of reaching 120 miles per hour. But the ruthless owner of a competing railroad will stop at nothing to sabotage the project. Tom and his friends face hired thugs and life-threatening attacks as they race to complete the massive Hercules 0001 locomotive.
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    • Adventure and adventurers, Juvenile fiction
    • Swift, Tom, Juvenile fiction
    • Electric railroads, Juvenile fiction

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    Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive; Or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails was written by Victor Appleton.

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    It is usually shelved as Classic Fantasy.

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