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Window Seat: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 08/31/2016 - 12:35am.
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May 1943. "Clinton, Iowa. Women wipers of the Chicago & North Western cleaning one of the giant freight locomotives." Medium-format negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
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Submitted by davester304 on Fri, 09/02/2016 - 3:45pm.
Love the caboose comment! It only took me a second to get it
C&NW engine
Submitted by prentenbach on Wed, 08/31/2016 - 2:41pm.
This was a so-called "Northern" steam engine, with a 4-8-4 wheel arrangement. Another photo:
Her official RR job title - WIPER
Submitted by z396z28 on Wed, 08/31/2016 - 7:41am.
Really, look it up. Railroader's know.
[Do they know when to use an apostrophe? - Dave]
A Twofer!
Submitted by Born40YearsTooLate on Wed, 08/31/2016 - 7:27am.
A locomotive and a caboose, in the same picture.
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