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Working on the cab of a locomotive brought in for repair at the C & NW RR 40th Street shops, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• iris.schimandle said:

  Again, not Proviso and therefore in Chicago rather than Melrose Park.

• The Library of Congress said:

  iris.schimandle: Thanks for the correction! We've updated all 19 affected records in our own catalog ( http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html), and the information will be updated in Flickr soon, too. (4/25/08)

• Ricardo Barbieri said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Man @ work, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

• Rail Simulator said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Rail Cab Archive, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Spreading asbestos mixture on boiler of a locomotive at the C & NW RR 40th Street locomotive shops (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 7 older comments, and then…
• iris.schimandle said:

  Aha! After a fair amount of research, I figured out exactly where the shop is. Looks like the original building is still standing (satellite photo).

• iris.schimandle said:

  Again, shop is not at Proviso and is therefore in Chicago rather than Melrose Park.

• dsblack said:

  The "giant hammer" tagged by "Shmoovio (Jarrett)" looks like a pulley lift with a big hook.

• sarflondondunc said:

  Amazing photo. No surpise if that poor bloke died of an asbestos related disease Hi, I'm an admin for a group called ASBESTOS, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

• sarflondondunc said:

  Thank you