dousing-the-hogshttps://www.trains.com/ctr/photos-videos/photo-of-the-day/dousing-the-hogs/Dousing the hogs | Classic Trains MagazineClassic Trains magazine celebrates the 'golden years of railroading' including the North American railroad scene from the late 1920s to the late 1970s. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers.https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20161104.jpgInStockUSD1.001.00photo-of-the-dayphotos-videosarticleCTR2022-09-302022-11-0443888
Keeping hogs wet in summer heat was vital in keeping them healthy during transit in stock cars. This manual twin-handle pump soaks both decks of hogs on Swift Live Stock Express cars in a New York Central train east of Rome, N.Y.
S.K. Bolton Jr. photo