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5 photos tagged lubrication, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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Greasing a locomotive in the roundhouse at Proviso (?) yard, C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• roderickbodine said:

  Whoa, I love it. An important but unglamorous job captured in multiple shades of black....beautiful.

• 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.

• Riz_Aaroni said:

  Look at the size of those wheels!

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)

from The Library of Congress

• basesidescratch said:

  This is something else.

26_0035521 Rohr Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

• Chuck Walla said:

  The card in the foreground is not readable. Alternate image: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/55053643291/]