Men Restore a Vintage Steam Locomotive at the Ford Rouge Plant Locomotive Shop, April 1937
THF285444 / Men Restore a Vintage Steam Locomotive at the Ford Rouge Plant Locomotive Shop, April 1937
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Artifact Overview
Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant included a locomotive shop that employed as many as 475 people. These skilled workers maintained the Rouge's steam and diesel-electric locomotives, along with other heavy equipment. They also maintained locomotives of the Henry Ford-owned Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad, and they restored locomotives for Mr. Ford's Edison Institute museum.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
08 April 1937
Subject Date
08 April 1937
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.68145.H
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.875 in
Width: 11 in
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Ford Motor Company operated its own industrial railroad at the Rouge factory. Ford-owned locomotives moved incoming railcars filled with raw materials, and outgoing railcars loaded with finished parts and vehicles. Ford employees crewed trains, cared for locomotives, and maintained 100 miles of track within the factory grounds. At its 1930s peak, Ford's Rouge railroad was one of the largest privately owned rail operations in the world.