Keeping an even keel

Keeping an even keel

By Brian Schmidt | July 30, 2021

| Last updated on August 7, 2025


A man shovels grain in a boxcar
It was important for boxcar loads of grain to be level. Sometimes workers had to enter the cars and level the loads by hand, as with this carload of wheat. Jeff Wilson collection

Keeping an even keel

It was important for boxcar loads of grain to be level. Sometimes workers had to enter the cars and level the loads by hand, as with this carload of wheat. Jeff Wilson collection

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