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railway workshops in the united states, color photographs from the office of war information

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Chicago and Northwestern railroad locomotive shop fsac.1a34676u reprocessed

Chicago and Northwestern railroad locomotive shop fsac.1a34676u reproc...

Chicago and North Western Railway locomotive shops, Chicago, Ill.

CNW Streamliners

CNW Streamliners

Chicago and Northwestern Railway locomotive shop at Proviso Yard, near Chicago, Illinois. Several early streamliners are there, including one of M-10003 through 6 and what looks like several early E-units. On... More

Greasing a locomotive at the 40th Street shops1a34603v

Greasing a locomotive at the 40th Street shops1a34603v

Title: Greasing a locomotive at the 40th Street shops of the C & NW RR.

Jack Delano - Retiring a locomotive driver wheel, Shopton, Iowa

Jack Delano - Retiring a locomotive driver wheel, Shopton, Iowa

Retiring a locomotive driver wheel, Shopton, Iowa. The tire is heated by means of gas until it can be slipped over the wheel. Contraction on cooling will hold it firmly in place. Santa Fe R.R.

Jack Delano - Welder at the C & NW RR locomotive shops, 40th Street shops, Chicago, Ill.

Jack Delano - Welder at the C & NW RR locomotive shops, 40th Street sh...

Welder at the C & NW RR locomotive shops, 40th Street shops, Chicago, Ill. Medium: 1 transparency : color. Part of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-1 Reproduction Numb... More

Laboratory worker at the research laboratory at the C & NW RR 1a34613v

Laboratory worker at the research laboratory at the C & NW RR 1a34613v

Title: Laboratory worker at the research laboratory at the C & NW RR's 40th Street yard, examining paint samples used on freight cars and coaches of the railroad, Chicago, Ill.

Locomotive lubrication chart in the laboratory of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad 1a34614v

Locomotive lubrication chart in the laboratory of the Chicago and Nort...

Title: Locomotive lubrication chart in the laboratory of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. The laboratory assistant in foreground is working at a precision balance. Chicago, Ill

Retiring a locomotive driver wheel (1)

Retiring a locomotive driver wheel (1)

Delano, Jack,, photographer. Retiring a locomotive driver wheel in the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railway locomotive shops, Shopton, near Fort Madison, Iowa. The tire is heated by means of gas until it can ... More

Retiring a locomotive driver wheel in the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe 1a34708v

Retiring a locomotive driver wheel in the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa ...

Title: Retiring a locomotive driver wheel in the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railway locomotive shops, Shopton, near Fort Madison, Iowa. The tire is heated by means of gas until it can be slipped over the w... More

Retiring a locomotive driver wheel, Shopton, Iowa. 1a34706v

Retiring a locomotive driver wheel, Shopton, Iowa. 1a34706v

Title: Retiring a locomotive driver wheel, Shopton, Iowa. The tire is heated by means of gas until it can be slipped over the wheel. Contraction on cooling will hold it firmly in shape. Santa Fe R.R.

Retiring a locomotive driver wheel, Shopton, Iowa. The tire is heated by means of gas until it can be slipped over the wheel. Contraction on cooling will hold it firmly in place. Santa Fe LCCN2017878091

Retiring a locomotive driver wheel, Shopton, Iowa. The tire is heated ...

Title: Retiring a locomotive driver wheel, Shopton, Iowa. The tire is heated by means of gas until it can be slipped over the wheel. Contraction on cooling will hold it firmly in place. Santa Fe R.R. Abstract/... More

Retiring a locomotive driver wheel

Retiring a locomotive driver wheel

Retiring a locomotive driver wheel in the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railway locomotive shops, Shopton, near Fort Madison, Iowa. The tire is heated by means of gas until it can be slipped over the wheel. C... More

Retiring a locomotive driver wheel, Shopton, Iowa.1a34707v

Retiring a locomotive driver wheel, Shopton, Iowa.1a34707v

Title: Retiring a locomotive driver wheel, Shopton, Iowa. The tire is heated by means of gas until it can be slipped over the wheel. Contraction on cooling will hold it firmly in place. Santa Fe R.R.

Section of a locomotive frame, which will be welded 1a34606v

Section of a locomotive frame, which will be welded 1a34606v

Title: Section of a locomotive frame, which will be welded to replace a broken locomotive frame, Chicago, Ill. Workman is indicating what place must be cut. At the 40th Street shop of C&NWRR

Spreading asbestos mixture on boiler 1a34604v

Spreading asbestos mixture on boiler 1a34604v

Title: Spreading asbestos mixture on boiler of a locomotive at the C & NW RR 40th Street locomotive shops

Welder at the C & NW RR locomotive shops1a34597v

Welder at the C & NW RR locomotive shops1a34597v

Title: Welder at the C & NW RR locomotive shops, 40th Street shops, Chicago, Ill.

Working on a locomotive at the 40th Street shop of the C & NW RR 1a34618v

Working on a locomotive at the 40th Street shop of the C & NW RR 1a346...

Title: Working on a locomotive at the 40th Street shop of the C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.

Working on a switch engine at the 40th Street shops 1a34612v

Working on a switch engine at the 40th Street shops 1a34612v

Title: Working on a switch engine at the 40th Street shops of the C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

Working on the boiler of a locomotive at the 40th Street 1a34610v

Working on the boiler of a locomotive at the 40th Street 1a34610v

Title: Working on the boiler of a locomotive at the 40th Street shops of the C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.

Working on the boiler of a locomotive at the 40th Street shops 1a34609v

Working on the boiler of a locomotive at the 40th Street shops 1a34609...

Title: Working on the boiler of a locomotive at the 40th Street shops of the C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.

Working on the cab of a locomotive brought in for repair 1a34607v

Working on the cab of a locomotive brought in for repair 1a34607v

Title: Working on the cab of a locomotive brought in for repair at the C & NW RR 40th Street shops, Chicago, Ill.

Working on the cylinder of a locomotive 1a34608v

Working on the cylinder of a locomotive 1a34608v

Title: Working on the cylinder of a locomotive at the C & NW RR 40th Street shops, Chicago, Ill.

Worn tires on locomotive wheels are refaced1a34605v

Worn tires on locomotive wheels are refaced1a34605v

Title: Worn tires on locomotive wheels are refaced on this machine in the wheel shop of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, Chicago, Ill.