Retiring a locomotive driver wheel
Delano, Jack, photographer. Retiring a locomotive driver wheel in the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railway locomotive shops, Shopton, near Fort Madison, Iowa. The tire is heated by means of gas until it can be slipped over the wheel. Contraction on cooling will hold it firmly in place. Santa Fe R.R. 1943 March. Notes: Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. Subjects: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad World War, 1939-1945 Railroad construction & maintenance Tires United States--Iowa--Fort Madison Format: Transparencies--Color Rights Info: on publication. Repository:, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.gov/.pnp/pp.print Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-4 (DLC) 93845501 General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.gov/.pnp/pp.fsac Persistent URL: hdl.gov/.pnp/fsac.1a34708
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- 1943-03
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- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
- Original size
- 1,024 × 804 pixels
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