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Topeka, Kansas. Breaking rails which have been found defective by the rail doctor car, at the test department of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad shops. The rail is dropped so as to crack at the point marked by the chalk marked arrow. The extent of the fissure can then be studied
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Credit lineTopeka, Kansas. Breaking rails which have been found defective by the rail doctor car, at the test department of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad shops. The rail is dropped so as to crack a. 1943-01-01. Delano, Jack. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.