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Conductor and engineer compare watches, Steamtown National Historic Site, 2016.
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Photo date unknown. The practice of checking / comparing hand-wound pocket watches was used to guarantee the train arrived on time and/or that both the locomotive and caboose arrive at the same time. Pocket watches were assigned to crew members and had to be cleaned and repaired at certain jewelers to guarantee a certain level of quality was maintained.
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