lubrication
5 photos tagged lubrication, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.
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26_0035522 Rohr Collection Image from SDASM Archives uploaded January 2026
26_0035521 Rohr Collection Image from SDASM Archives uploaded January 2026
Shell Gasoline sign, angle view, Delaware Street, Walton, New York (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded October 2019
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Locomotive lubrication chart in the laboratory of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. The laboratory assistant in foreground is working at a precision balance. Chicago, Ill (LOC)
- basesidescratch said:
26_0035521 Rohr Collection Image
from SDASM Archives
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Chuck Walla said:
The card in the foreground is not readable. Alternate image: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/55053643291/]
Greasing a locomotive in the roundhouse at Proviso (?) yard, C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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roderickbodine said:
Whoa, I love it. An important but unglamorous job captured in multiple shades of black....beautiful.
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davchi55 said:
This guy has a dark, greasy suit and a large greasing gun he will use to grease the gigantic locomotive behind him in the darkened room.
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Riz_Aaroni said:
Look at the size of those wheels!