
Marcella Hart and Viola Sievers, wipers for the Chicago & North Western Railroad, cleaning one of the giant "H" class locomotives at Clinton, Iowa. April 1943. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
I wonder if they fell in love with steam, as so many of us are. I helped wipe down N&W 611 a while back when it came to Danville IL and stopped overnight, it was a thrill for me to work on her and my way of thanking that beautiful loco for all the rides I had behind her.
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