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This photograph shows O. Stewart as he squirts journal oil into the journal box of a rail car at the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's hump yard at Argentine, Kansas. The original configuration of the west hump contained pits that allowed journals to be oiled while the cars were in motion over the hump. A car inspector pit was located directly beneath the hump track to allow a visual inspection to be made of the underframe.
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1953
Item Number: 50151
Call Number: ATSF Series 2, #125.40
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 50151
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Employees
Business and Industry - Railroad - Facilities - Hump
Business and Industry - Railroad - Rolling stock - Boxcars
Collections - Photograph - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Date - 1950s - 1953
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Argentine
Places - Cities and towns - Kansas City
Places - Counties - Wyandotte
Thematic Time Period - Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Employees
Transportation - Railroads - Facilities - Hump
Transportation - Railroads - Rolling stock - Boxcars
Type of Material - Photographs
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