{"id":1745,"date":"2019-07-14T11:21:12","date_gmt":"2019-07-14T16:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/?p=1745"},"modified":"2019-07-14T11:21:12","modified_gmt":"2019-07-14T16:21:12","slug":"wiping-down-the-3034","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/2019\/07\/14\/wiping-down-the-3034\/","title":{"rendered":"Wiping Down the #3034"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chicago and North Western steam locomotive #3034 is about to get a good cleaning by a couple of women engine wipers.  Jack Delano recorded this locomotive servicing ritual which included a bath and a wipe-down back in April of 1943.  Ascending the stairs is Mrs. Marcella Hart, followed by Mrs. Viola Sievers.  I noticed that I had posted a photo last year of Mrs. Sievers washing down the running gear of the locomotive . . . she was a busy lady, indeed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The steamer is a C&amp;NW &#8220;H&#8221; class 4-8-4 built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1929.  She boasted 27&#8243;x32&#8243; cylinders, had 76&#8243; drivers, and ran 250 psi of steam pressure in her boiler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Women-Engine-Wipers-CNW-Ra.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Women-Engine-Wipers-CNW-Ra-760x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Women Engine Wipers, C&amp;NW Railroad\" class=\"wp-image-1744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Women-Engine-Wipers-CNW-Ra.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Women-Engine-Wipers-CNW-Ra-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Women-Engine-Wipers-CNW-Ra-600x808.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago and North Western steam locomotive #3034 is about to get a good cleaning by a couple of women engine wipers. Jack Delano recorded this locomotive servicing ritual which included a bath and a wipe-down back in April of 1943. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/2019\/07\/14\/wiping-down-the-3034\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos-i-like","category-railfanning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1745"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1746,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1745\/revisions\/1746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}