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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. Contraction on cooling will hold it firmly in p
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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Santa Fe RR freight train about to leave for the West Coast from Corwith yard, Chicago, Ill., Santa Fe R.R. trip (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Washing one of the Santa Fe R.R. 54 hundred horse power diesel freight locomotives in the roundhouse, Argentine, Kansas. Argentine yard is at Kansas City, Kansas (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Grain elevators near Amarillo, Texas; Santa Fe trip (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Switch lights in Santa Fe R.R. yards, Los Angeles, Calif. Due to blackout regulations all such lights are hooded. Santa Fe R.R. trip (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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