Wiper Gives Locomotive a Steam Bath at the Roundhouse

Mrs. Viola Sievers, one of the wipers at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad roundhouse giving a giant “H” class locomotive a bath of live steam in Clinton, Iowa. Mrs. Sievers is the sole support of her mother and has a son-in-law in the Army. April 1943.

Photo size: 3000 × 2255
Photo source: Library of Congress
Usage: Public Domain