File:CB&Q Inspection Engine 1370 - DPLA - f874bb4411f580ff90973066ce187edb.jpg

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CB&Q Inspection Engine 1370 (

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Creator

Green, Allen Ayrault, 1880-1963

Title

CB&Q Inspection Engine 1370

Description

Well dressed men in suits sit atop Inspection Engine 1370 on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, while workmen prepare the train for leaving. Two children look on. This picture was published in a newspaper at some point c.1905. The caption written by Green read, in part, "The seats in an inspection engine are built over the engine itself, and the sensation of riding high in air at a speed that sometimes reaches 100 miles an hour, while the...

Date

14 July 2017

Collection

Knox College

	Location	Galesburg , United States of America
	Coordinates	40° 56′ 34.8″ N, 90° 22′ 15.6″ W
	Established	1837
	Website	www.knox.edu
	Authority file	: Q669442 ISNI: 0000000419368104

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This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by Knox College as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America, via its partner Illinois Digital Heritage Hub.

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DPLA identifier: f874bb4411f580ff90973066ce187edb

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