Boiler inspector J. L. Hennessy, Murphysboro, Illinois, stands inside the firebox of a Mikado steam locomotive and works with flue expander and flue roller to maintain flues in perfect shape required by Interstate Commerce Commission regulations as…
J. L. Hennesy, Murphysboro, an Illinois Central Railroad boiler inspector furloughed recently in connection with the retirement of steam facilities on the St. Louis division, takes a look at one of the last steam locomotives on the railroad and a…
Engine 1536, a 2-8-2 Mikado locomotive, loading up at the Carbondale coal chute, early 1959. Loading of coal and water and incidental maintenance takes a steam locomotive about 1 hour. A diesel engine can be fueled from a pump such as the one in…
Engine 1536 on the Carbondale turntable in early 1959. The coal chutes along U. S. Highway 51 are shown in the background. Engine 1536 was built in 1914 by Baldwin Locomotive Works and purchased new by the Illinois Central Railroad, 1 of 605 Mikado…
Illinois Central Railroad blacksmith Elmer Loos, Carbondale, Illinois, demonstrates how a piece of round iron is worked on the forge and on the anvil to form an eye. Gauging the temperature of the rod by eye, Loos removes it from the forced draft…