{"id":2434,"date":"2021-04-11T10:26:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T15:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/?p=2434"},"modified":"2021-04-11T10:26:20","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T15:26:20","slug":"filling-the-tank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/2021\/04\/11\/filling-the-tank\/","title":{"rendered":"Filling the Tank"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This Chicago and North Western locomotive is having its thirst quenched as the fireman fills its water tank.  We&#8217;re at the coaling tower in the Proviso yard near Chicago on a cold day in December of 1942.  The tender has been filled with coal, and the locomotive&#8217;s sand dome is full.  This stop at the water penstock completes the fuel and water replenishment.  Next comes a thorough greasing of the valve gear and other moving parts, and she&#8217;ll be ready for the days labor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photograph by Jack Delano<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Filling-the-Tank.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Filling-the-Tank-760x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Filling the Tank\" class=\"wp-image-2430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Filling-the-Tank-760x1024.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Filling-the-Tank-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Filling-the-Tank-600x809.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Filling-the-Tank.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Chicago and North Western locomotive is having its thirst quenched as the fireman fills its water tank. We&#8217;re at the coaling tower in the Proviso yard near Chicago on a cold day in December of 1942. The tender has &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/2021\/04\/11\/filling-the-tank\/\">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-2434","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\/2434","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=2434"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2436,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434\/revisions\/2436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}