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- Diesel Locomotive in North Yard, Ford Rouge Plant, September 1937 - Some 100 miles of railroad track covered the grounds of Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant. The automaker maintained its own fleet of locomotives to move incoming railcars loaded with raw materials, and outgoing railcars filled with finished parts and automobiles, around the complex. Additionally, specialized tank cars ferried molten iron from the factory's blast furnaces to its foundry.
- September 20, 1937
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Diesel Locomotive in North Yard, Ford Rouge Plant, September 1937
Some 100 miles of railroad track covered the grounds of Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant. The automaker maintained its own fleet of locomotives to move incoming railcars loaded with raw materials, and outgoing railcars filled with finished parts and automobiles, around the complex. Additionally, specialized tank cars ferried molten iron from the factory's blast furnaces to its foundry.
- Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Yard, Jackson, Ohio, 1924 - The Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad maintained extensive facilities in Jackson, Ohio, near the south end of its mainline. Jackson was home to a roundhouse, car repair shops, a machine shop, and a freight yard. When Henry Ford owned the DT&I from 1920-1929, Jackson shop crews focused on freight car repair and rebuilding.
- January 03, 1924
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Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Yard, Jackson, Ohio, 1924
The Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad maintained extensive facilities in Jackson, Ohio, near the south end of its mainline. Jackson was home to a roundhouse, car repair shops, a machine shop, and a freight yard. When Henry Ford owned the DT&I from 1920-1929, Jackson shop crews focused on freight car repair and rebuilding.
- Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Yard, Jackson, Ohio, 1924 - The Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad maintained extensive facilities in Jackson, Ohio, near the south end of its mainline. Jackson was home to a roundhouse, car repair shops, a machine shop, and a freight yard. When Henry Ford owned the DT&I from 1920-1929, Jackson shop crews focused on freight car repair and rebuilding.
- January 03, 1924
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Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Yard, Jackson, Ohio, 1924
The Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad maintained extensive facilities in Jackson, Ohio, near the south end of its mainline. Jackson was home to a roundhouse, car repair shops, a machine shop, and a freight yard. When Henry Ford owned the DT&I from 1920-1929, Jackson shop crews focused on freight car repair and rebuilding.
- Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Locomotive No. 312 at Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, 1925 - Under Henry Ford's ownership, the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad converted locomotive number 312 to burn pulverized waste coal from Ford-owned mines. The tender was covered with a roof to keep coal dust from blowing away, and the locomotive was given a wider smokestack. The experiment failed and number 312's modifications were quickly removed.
- October 01, 1925
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Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Locomotive No. 312 at Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, 1925
Under Henry Ford's ownership, the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad converted locomotive number 312 to burn pulverized waste coal from Ford-owned mines. The tender was covered with a roof to keep coal dust from blowing away, and the locomotive was given a wider smokestack. The experiment failed and number 312's modifications were quickly removed.
- Memphis Ford Dealers and Salesmen during Visit to the Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1934 - Ford Motor Company was a major exhibitor at Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition in 1934. A large exhibition building, bandshell, and Roads of the World experience composed the fair's largest and most talked-about attraction. Ford hosted this group of dealers and salesmen from Memphis, Tennessee, who numbered among the more than twelve million fairgoers to visit the Ford exhibit.
- 1934
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Memphis Ford Dealers and Salesmen during Visit to the Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1934
Ford Motor Company was a major exhibitor at Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition in 1934. A large exhibition building, bandshell, and Roads of the World experience composed the fair's largest and most talked-about attraction. Ford hosted this group of dealers and salesmen from Memphis, Tennessee, who numbered among the more than twelve million fairgoers to visit the Ford exhibit.
- Diesel Locomotive in North Yard, Ford Rouge Plant, September 1937 - Some 100 miles of railroad track covered the grounds of Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant. The automaker maintained its own fleet of locomotives to move incoming railcars loaded with raw materials, and outgoing railcars filled with finished parts and automobiles, around the complex. Additionally, specialized tank cars ferried molten iron from the factory's blast furnaces to its foundry.
- September 20, 1937
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Diesel Locomotive in North Yard, Ford Rouge Plant, September 1937
Some 100 miles of railroad track covered the grounds of Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant. The automaker maintained its own fleet of locomotives to move incoming railcars loaded with raw materials, and outgoing railcars filled with finished parts and automobiles, around the complex. Additionally, specialized tank cars ferried molten iron from the factory's blast furnaces to its foundry.
- The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western's Number 3001 Diesel-Electric Locomotive, probably 1926 - Diesel-electric locomotives, introduced on American railroads in the 1920s, offered several advantages over their steam-powered counterparts. They used less fuel, required less maintenance, and could be operated by smaller crews. Many early diesel-electrics proved themselves in yard service, like this unit switching cars at a marine terminal on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad.
- 1926
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The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western's Number 3001 Diesel-Electric Locomotive, probably 1926
Diesel-electric locomotives, introduced on American railroads in the 1920s, offered several advantages over their steam-powered counterparts. They used less fuel, required less maintenance, and could be operated by smaller crews. Many early diesel-electrics proved themselves in yard service, like this unit switching cars at a marine terminal on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad.
- Ingersoll-Rand's Number 90 Diesel-Electric Locomotive, Phillipsburg, New Jersey, probably 1926 - Ingersoll-Rand, in collaboration with General Electric and American Locomotive Company, built diesel-electric locomotive #90 in 1926. Ingersoll-Rand used the locomotive in the railyard at its Phillipsburg, New Jersey, plant for some 40 years. Diesel-electric power proved more efficient and cost-effective than steam. Donated to The Henry Ford in 1970, the locomotive received a cosmetic restoration in 1983.
- 1926
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Ingersoll-Rand's Number 90 Diesel-Electric Locomotive, Phillipsburg, New Jersey, probably 1926
Ingersoll-Rand, in collaboration with General Electric and American Locomotive Company, built diesel-electric locomotive #90 in 1926. Ingersoll-Rand used the locomotive in the railyard at its Phillipsburg, New Jersey, plant for some 40 years. Diesel-electric power proved more efficient and cost-effective than steam. Donated to The Henry Ford in 1970, the locomotive received a cosmetic restoration in 1983.
- Rolling Car Wheels at Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Yard, Jackson, Ohio, 1924 - The Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad maintained extensive facilities in Jackson, Ohio, near the south end of its mainline. Jackson was home to a roundhouse, car repair shops, a machine shop, and a freight yard. When Henry Ford owned the DT&I from 1920-1929, Jackson shop crews focused on freight car repair and rebuilding.
- January 03, 1924
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Rolling Car Wheels at Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Yard, Jackson, Ohio, 1924
The Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad maintained extensive facilities in Jackson, Ohio, near the south end of its mainline. Jackson was home to a roundhouse, car repair shops, a machine shop, and a freight yard. When Henry Ford owned the DT&I from 1920-1929, Jackson shop crews focused on freight car repair and rebuilding.
- Machine Shop at Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Yard, Jackson, Ohio, 1924 - The Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad maintained extensive facilities in Jackson, Ohio, near the south end of its mainline. Jackson was home to a roundhouse, car repair shops, a machine shop, and a freight yard. When Henry Ford owned the DT&I from 1920-1929, Jackson shop crews focused on freight car repair and rebuilding.
- January 03, 1924
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Machine Shop at Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Yard, Jackson, Ohio, 1924
The Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad maintained extensive facilities in Jackson, Ohio, near the south end of its mainline. Jackson was home to a roundhouse, car repair shops, a machine shop, and a freight yard. When Henry Ford owned the DT&I from 1920-1929, Jackson shop crews focused on freight car repair and rebuilding.