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Box 54

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Contains 290 Results:

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 File — Box: 54, Folder: 86
Scope and Contents From the File: This is a view of the Seaboard Railroad track at 10th Avenue and 30th Street North, Birmingham, Alabama. Notice the insufficient clearance sign at the right side of the photo and also the trees and bushes where the box car is spotted in the upper left center. The grass along the track is very hazardous for the ground crew getting on and off the moving cars. At the upper corner left of the photo is 28th Street which is heavily traveled by trucks and autos. Also notice the stop sign at 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 / Seaboard Track Looking North from 10th Avenue North

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 File — Box: 54, Folder: 87
Scope and Contents From the File:

Shows the West Oakland Diesel Shop. All switches in view are of variable type. Engines are allowed to be either headed or backed out of these tracks. Note sanding and fueling devices at sides and above. Due to clearance and type of switches a safe move there necessitates a man on each side of locomotive cab.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXVI: Southern Pacific Railroad: Western Division, West Oakland Yards / Looking East Toward West Oakland Diesel Shop

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 File — Box: 54, Folder: 88
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Engineer would not be able to see trucks parked on tracks or tractor in foul of tracks. The prints in this in this group (R2a-R2d) were all taken around the mail loading installation in the coach yard at West Oakland, CA.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXVI: Southern Pacific Railroad: Western Division, West Oakland Yards / View of Engineer on Locomotive Working Forward

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 File — Box: 54, Folder: 89
Scope and Contents From the File:

The photos in this group (R2a-R2d) were taken around the mail loading installation in the coach Yard at West Oakland, CA.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXVI: Southern Pacific Railroad: Western Division, West Oakland Yards / Men and Equipment Cars Foul Tracks in This Area

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 File — Box: 54, Folder: 90
Scope and Contents From the File:

The photos in this group (R2a-R2d) were taken around the mail loading installation in the coach Yard at West Oakland, CA.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXVI: Southern Pacific Railroad: Western Division, West Oakland Yards / Trucks and Equipment are Left Unattended in and Near Tracks in This Area

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 File — Box: 54, Folder: 91
Scope and Contents From the File:

Unprotected, other than vigilance of engine and switch crews. The photos in this group (R2a- R2d) were taken around the mail loading installation in the coach yard at West Oakland, CA.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXVI: Southern Pacific Railroad: Western Division, West Oakland Yards / More Unattended Equipment Left on Tracks

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 File — Box: 54, Folder: 92
Scope and Contents From the File:

Laborer working near tracks, no protection afforded. Equipment in foul on opposite side of track. An Engine moving on this track would need a pair of eyes on both sides of locomotive cab.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXVI: Southern Pacific Railroad: Western Division, West Oakland Yards / Coach Yard, West Oakland

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 File — Box: 54, Folder: 93
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Shows that men and equipment are working in and about these cars, and any movement may mean life or limb to them, so that a safe move here requires a close watch from both sides of a locomotive at all times. (like R-4A)

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXVI: Southern Pacific Railroad: Western Division, West Oakland Yards / Coach Yard, West Oakland

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 File — Box: 54, Folder: 94
Scope and Contents From the File:

Taken in the West Oakland coach yard as shows various maintenance work being carried on. Shows that men and equipment are working in and about these cars, and any movement may mean life or limb to them, so that a safe move here requires a close watch from both sides of a locomotive at all times.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXVI: Southern Pacific Railroad: Western Division, West Oakland Yards / Coach Yard, West Oakland

Item 1: Click for Image

 File — Box: 54, Folder: 95
Scope and Contents From the File:

Taken in the West Oakland coach yard as shows various maintenance work being carried on. Shows that men and equipment are working in and about these cars, and any movement may mean life or limb to them, so that a safe move here requires a close watch from both sides of a locomotive at all times.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXVI: Southern Pacific Railroad: Western Division, West Oakland Yards / Coach Yard, West Oakland

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