Night Shot of Kansas City Terminal Yards, 1960

This series consists of photographs of the Rock Island's and other carriers' facilities in and around the Kansas City Terminal. These photographs were submitted to the Commission as Employees' Exhibit 42, are referred to by the letter V in testimony, and were taken by M.H. LaRue. Mr. LaRue was employed as a fireman and engineman on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific (The Rock Island) in the Missouri/Kansas Division and was a member of the BLF&E. The Rock Island was a class I railroad in the central United States, operating in Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Texas. The photographs in this series document the Rock Island's facilities in and around Kansas City (both Missouri and Kansas) as well as the facilities of other carriers. Also found in this series are photographs of the Rock Island's facilities in Topeka, Kansa and St. Joseph, Missouri. Kansas City Union Station and its surrounding yards are documented in this series.