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Box 54

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Yard 7 "A" House, Lechmere Square, Cambridge, 1960

 File — Box: 54, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents

"A" House and "B" House tracks. Facing east. Note cars fueling on left side of engine to the right of picture. Riding on top of cars prohibited. Close clearance to left and right side.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series II: Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M): Boston Terminal Yards

Yard 7 First Section, A House, Lechmere Square, 1960

 File — Box: 54, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents

"A" House and "B" House tracks. Facing east. Note cars fueling on left side of engine to the right of picture. Riding on top of cars prohibited. Close clearance to left and right side.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series II: Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M): Boston Terminal Yards

View of Lower Yard 9 from Tower 5, 1960

 File — Box: 54, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents

General view from Tower 5, which controls all power switches in the area. New Hampshire Division main line is on the left, which divides Yard 9 from Yard 8, making an operation on a huge "U" curve necessary, and where a fireman is a vital no matter which direction a move is made due to curves and congestion and short switch circuits where moves may be brought to a halt by Tower 5.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series II: Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M): Boston Terminal Yards

View of Lower Yard 9 from Tower 5, 1960

 File — Box: 54, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents

Lower Yard 9 as seen from Tower 5, a controlling tower for all power operated switches in unsignalled territory

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series II: Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M): Boston Terminal Yards

Lower Yard 9, 1960

 File — Box: 54, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents This photograph shows: curve operations on tracks (from left to right) 21 to 35; switchback ground curving the opposite way in a congested area; partially signaled; entire main line behind tower "C" (with white roof in right background); to enter and cross main lines without air brakes; and with up to 40 cars by B&M rail. Fireman a constant lookout in both directions as above. Carefully note B&M Locomotive #1203 in background (in front of Boston Paper Board C. sign) on which a...
Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series II: Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M): Boston Terminal Yards

Yard 9, 1960

 File — Box: 54, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents

General view showing curvature in the entire yard where the engineer is entirely dependent on signals relayed by fireman. Tracks in foreground (right to left): caboose spur, tracks 1 to 35, with Yard 10 lead on extreme left.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series II: Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M): Boston Terminal Yards

Lower Yard 8, 1960

 File — Box: 54, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents

Photograph showing lower end of Yard 8, end of curvature, and convergence into four connecting tracks to Yard 9. View from engineer's side on all outbound trains and drafts to Portland division, tracks, and other signals.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series II: Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M): Boston Terminal Yards

North End of the Boyles Departure and Hump Yard, 1960

 File — Box: 54, Folder: 34
Scope and Contents The first track is a inbound freight lead. The second track is a switching lead going to the classification yard which consists of 42 tracks and to the east is the departure yard which has three tracks. The third track is a switching lead going to the west departure yard. Consisting of 8 tracks. The next track to the right of the Boyles yard office is outbound lead. The third track is the main line. There is a yard engine (Unit #1705) working in the north end of the yard pulling the hump...
Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XIV: Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N): Birmingham Division, yards, passenger terminals, and industries

Boyles Yard, View of the Hump Yard, 1960

 File — Box: 54, Folder: 35
Scope and Contents This is a view of the hump track. There are forty-two of these tracks, all leading into the two lead tracks. .The cars come over the hump from the left in the photo and roll to the right. The yard engines pull the track from the right side of the photo or the north end of the yard. Due to the curvature of the tracks signals are passed on the fireman's side. Flood light are very bright at night making vision very poor. The open track to the left is a inbound freight lead used by yard engine...
Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XIV: Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N): Birmingham Division, yards, passenger terminals, and industries

Boyles Yard, 1960

 File — Box: 54, Folder: 36
Scope and Contents This photo is similar to exhibit O-1. In October, 1960, there was a side swipe at this point where the two engines are located in the right center portion of the picture. Both engines were headed south or to the left side of the photo. The fireman of one engine crew was in the yardmaster's office and not in the cab. One engine was not in the clear when the yardmaster instructed the engineer on the engine that temporarily was without a fireman to back up the lead track, causing the...
Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XIV: Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N): Birmingham Division, yards, passenger terminals, and industries

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