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 p

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

1 transparency : color.

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: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.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.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34708

Call Number: LC-USW36-647

Comments and faves

  1. ★

    f_lynx, big_nothing, Zephyr Starfields, inateapot, and 230 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. Nrbelex (60 months ago | reply)

    Nice shot Jack! :-P

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    Seen in your 1930s-40s in Color set. (?)

  3. Marshall Astor - Food Fetishist (59 months ago | reply)

    Wow!

  4. fotos-de-alejandra [deleted] (59 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Social Documentary Photography & events, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

  5. Maly B. (59 months ago | reply)

    gorgeous!
    I am so thankful to be able to see all these images!

  6. dennis gray (59 months ago | reply)

    Amazing- A true steel retread

  7. shpandrak (59 months ago | reply)

    Cool photo, cool project...

  8. Miss Hazel (59 months ago | reply)

    a shot that could never be duplicated. amazing.

  9. imageshark (59 months ago | reply)

    priceless!

  10. annick vanderschelden (59 months ago | reply)

    Miss a bit the details in the blacks and I wonder if you can see these in the original.
    Love the light around that huge wheel.

  11. Kuby! (59 months ago | reply)

    Interesting how we have dropped craftmanship for economic reasons rather than quality! Today that wheel would be buried in the ground like everything else.

  12. jdavis417 (59 months ago | reply)

    Title: Burning ring of fire.

  13. Patrick Barber (58 months ago | reply)

    Holy moly. That is one amazing photo.

  14. lokn4lovfmu51 (55 months ago | reply)

    holy moly.tickle my holey

  15. technogeo (50 months ago | reply)

    There's a beautiful virtual tour (PowerPoint) called "Replacing a Tire on a Steam Locomotive" at the Steamtown National Historic Site web site www.nps.gov/stea/

    Look under "Photos and Multimedia"

  16. Vagabond Jewelry (Kest) (48 months ago | reply)

    Thanks, technogeo! That place looks all around fascinating, but I loved the little virtual tour. Great stuff

  17. jamica1 (34 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Science, Technology, History, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  18. This photo was invited and added to the Pictures of Iowa group.

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