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This is my grandparents house right before they bought it. This is the 170 range of Walnut St. In New Bedford MA. Was not expecting to find a picture of it on the internet. Thank you for publishing this.

You're welcome, Steph. Thank you for sharing the street name and vicinity. Please feel free to add any other details you remember about the neighborhood.

This reminds me of Walker Evans with the industrial stacks directly behind the homes. Cool photo.

This was used by us for Ask An Expert: extension.oregonstate.edu/question-of-the-week/i-am-bulls...

It's incredible what they achieved without accurate tooling. I've seen early drills and tools at The National Railway Museum and by crikey it's amazing they worked at all! These men were truly pioneers of the modern railway.

I very much appreciate the details of equipment like this. Interesting to say the least.

Yes, once the Victorians worked out how to build engines, they went on a huge building binge. Thank you for the information and the image. If you are ever in Sacramento, California, there's an outstanding railroad museum there.

Title: Steamin' Madam at Dirt

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

Class H were 4-8-4 "Northern" locomotives used in both freight and passenger service. They were delivered in 1929 and rebuilt in 1940, and were apparently some of the largest Northerns ever built. (from www.steamlocomotive.com/northern/cnw.shtml)

Hi, this photo has been mentioned in a discussion thread in the Flickr Commons group, and we'd love to have this added to the group pool! -- Seen in a discussion of Flickr Commons. (?)

very nice pic!