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- Still Run
- Someone fed Jack some bad info.
- A Beautiful Machine
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- Olive Brand Sportswear
- I still have a grudge against Texaco
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- CFG Bank Arena
- Van Lines
- Closed Station?
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- Working all the live long day
- How do you stop slackers?
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Feeding Station: 1942
December 1942. "Chicago, Illinois. Chicago & North Western Railroad switching and classification freight yards. Locomotives at the coaling station." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Engine mislabeled
The Chicago and North Western Class E-4 was a class of nine streamlined 4-6-4 "Hudson" steam locomotives built in 1937 by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_and_North_Western_E-4_Class
A C&NW E-4 waiting to be refueled at a Chicago-area coaling station in December 1942
Snorting beasts
“A Modern Dragon,” by Rowena Bennett:
A train is a dragon that roars through the dark
He wriggles his tail as he sends up a spark.
He pierces the night with his one yellow eye,
And all the earth trembles when he rushes by.
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