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• Mrs. Viola Sievers, one of the wipers at the roundhouse giving a giant "H" class locomotive a bath of live steam, Clinton, Iowa. Mrs. Sievers is the sole support of her mother and has a son-in-law in the Army (LOC)

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  • 9 comments
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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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• C & NW RR, putting the finishing touches on a rebuilt caboose at the rip tracks at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

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  • 74 favorites
  • 46,097 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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• View of a Chicago and Northwestern railroad freight house. A long line of truck trailers are loading and unloading goods, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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• Looking toward the Chicago and Northwestern railroad classification yard. The trestle runs from the ice house to the yard. The old cars in the foreground are used as living quarters for some yard workers and itinerant help. Town of Melrose Park is in back

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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• A train (or "cut") being pushed out of a receiving yard toward the hump. A brakeman rides each train to signal the engineer in the locomotive at the rear; Proviso yard, C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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• The freight house at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard. In the foreground are old cars used as living quarters for some yard workers and itinerant help; Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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• C. M. St. P. & P. R.R., general view of part of the yard, Bensenville, Ill. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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• Caboose on the caboose track at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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