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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.
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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.

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Date
1943-03
Collection
FSA/OWI
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
photograph
Original size
7,849 × 6,162 pixels

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"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." (1943-03). FSA/OWI. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: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_LCCN2017878092.tif

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