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Box 54

 Container

Contains 290 Results:

Industrial Tracks, West Oakland Yard, 1960

 File — Box: 54, Folder: 130
Scope and Contents

Prints C, D, and E: Show how debris is left in foul of tracks. So that any switching movements made in this area require a close look out from both sides of locomotive to insure safety to life & property.

Dates: 1960

Industrial Tracks, West Oakland Yard, 1960

 File — Box: 54, Folder: 131
Scope and Contents

Prints C, D, and E: Show how debris is left in foul of tracks. So that any switching movements made in this area require a close look out from both sides of locomotive to insure safety to life & property.

Dates: 1960

Elmhurst Main Tracks and Departure Tracks from Homestead Yard, 1960

 File — Box: 54, Folder: 132
Scope and Contents

West Oakland Yard crossing Western Pacific main track crossing Adeline street. Also crossing of Adeline Street is on a curve, so that traffic hazard require view from both sides of locomotive for safety.

Dates: 1960

West End of West Oakland Yard Looking East, 1960

 File — Box: 54, Folder: 133
Scope and Contents

Depicts the extreme west end of the West Oakland Yard. The view is towards the east. This pictures shows complex layout of tracks, various crossovers, curvatures, Eaton Street crossing, and a number of switch engines working in this area.

Dates: 1960

Looking West at Big Water Tank, West Oakland Yard, 1960

 File — Box: 54, Folder: 134
Scope and Contents

SP Unit 4636. Was taken in the same general area as the previous exhibit but facing in the opposite direction.

Dates: 1960

Looking West at Maintenance of Way Shop, 1960

 File — Box: 54, Folder: 135
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of photographs of the Southern Pacific's facilities in Oakland, California. These photographs were submitted to the Commission as Employees' Exhibit 25, are referred to by the letter R in testimony, and were taken by R. Vawter. Mr. Vawter was employed in engine service on the Western Division of the Southern Pacific Company, Pacific Lines, in the yards in Oakland, California. The West Oakland Yards were more than 30 miles long, and served the entire East Bay of the San...
Dates: 1960

Looking West at Wash Rack, 1960

 File — Box: 54, Folder: 136
Scope and Contents

Shows the Wash Rack in the West Oakland yard. This area has a very complex maze of tracks, crossovers and curvatures and all of the switches are of the variable type.

Dates: 1960

West End of Coach Yard, 1960

 File — Box: 54, Folder: 137
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of photographs of the Southern Pacific's facilities in Oakland, California. These photographs were submitted to the Commission as Employees' Exhibit 25, are referred to by the letter R in testimony, and were taken by R. Vawter. Mr. Vawter was employed in engine service on the Western Division of the Southern Pacific Company, Pacific Lines, in the yards in Oakland, California. The West Oakland Yards were more than 30 miles long, and served the entire East Bay of the San...
Dates: 1960