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Why Caterpillar parked a 420,000 pound locomotive at a mining convention

Michael Allan McCrae | November 04, 2014 | 10:30 pm Precious Metals Gold 

When Caterpillar splashed out for a 52,000-square-foot exhibit at the 2012 MINExpo show and topped it off with a 420,000-pound locomotive, Tony Johnson championed going big. Johnson, Marketing Manager for Caterpillar Global Mining, explained to MINING.com in a video interview...

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