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A Railroad Fireman Shoveling Coal

This image from The Modern Railroad (1911), captures a railroad fireman shoveling coal into the firebox.

THE FIREMAN HAS A HARD JOB AND A STEADY ONE

About this Document

  • Source: The Modern Railroad
  • Author: Edward Hungerford
  • Publisher: A.C. McClurg & Co.
  • Published: Chicago
  • Date: 1911