40th Street Shop, Chicago & Northwestern R.R. December 1942. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano. Back to the days of the blacksmith: The only tools seen here are two hammers, a wrench and a broom.
Looks like they are taking off the smokebox door to get ready to reflue the engine. One of the dirtiest job a boilermaker can have. Nasty!
And the only thing to keep it from moving is some wood chocks, looks like. Maybe brass?
Actually they are removeing the smokebox front -- the actual froont of the boiler would be the front tube sheet which is to the rar of the smoke box.
Yes, a leg an an arm. Looks like they are taking off the front of the boiler.
Did you notice the guy hanging inside the engine up by the hoist?
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