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- End of the Line
- The back way into town
- That's my sink!
- Not exactly Penn Station
- Tantalising glimpse
- Centered on Central
- Betty x2
- Wearing fast
- "Get-Up!" sound of my childhood
- A casement window yet in 1938
- Square corners and glass bricks
- Re: babe
- Creative Recycling
- Scans well
- Ben a long, long time
- The Dress
- Radiating curiosity
- There was a fire here, too
- I don't think this is a "new house"
- Betty's a babe
- Truck ID
- Parking ramp
- Photographer's viewpoint
- Gas Prices
- Double vision
- If you build it they will come
- It IS a phone charger
- Feeling foggy in Dubuque
- John Vachon
- Photographer for hire
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Behemoth: 1943
January 1943. "Freight operations on the Chicago & North Western between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. The crew, with exception of the fireman, chat while waiting for orders to pull out." Photo by Jack Delano. View full size.
Uberbehemoth
That's a pretty impressive looking photo, but a couple of years ago we visited the Lake Superior Railroad Museum, in Duluth, and saw the Mallet No. 227 that used to haul iron ore to Duluth and Twin Harbors. It's an articulated, 4-8-8-4 locomotive, similar to the Big Boy type built for Union Pacific. It's over 120' long and they have it set up so that every so often you can see how all of the component parts of the driving wheels worked together in harmony. It is truly a marvel of engineering.
That's that hat
The guy second from left is wearing the very functional Stormy Kromer hat. Still being made since 1903.
It's a big one!
Engine 3014, Class H 4-8-4, was built by Baldwin in September 1929 (Manufacturer's #61066). It was rebuilt on February 11, 1948, as Class H-1 and retired on May 13, 1953.
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