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 File — Box: 54, Folder: 52
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This view is similar to O-15 but shows additional traffic. The crossing at the extreme right is 28th Street North. This crossing has a flashing signal light. There is heavy traffic on the crossing and street. It is necessary to have a fireman to watch the crossing for traffic. This is also a truck route, used very heavily by gasoline trucks and city buses carrying school children to Philips High School. SAL Unit 1768 in background.

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 / 10th Avenue, Running East and West

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 File — Box: 54, Folder: 53
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Note the close clearance of each side of engine (SAL Unit 1768) on a road that automobiles use.

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 / 10th Avenue, Grade Crossing

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 File — Box: 54, Folder: 54
Scope and Contents From the File: This is a view of the L&N passenger station, Birmingham, Alabama. There is no protection other than a cross-buck sign. Note the grass along the tracks on the extreme left and right from where people can emerge suddenly. The track to the left of the photo is a main line track. The tracks to the right are yard tracks where cars are often switched. Note the group of children waiting for the engine and cars to pass in the center background. School children use these tracks frequently as a...
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 / South of 10th Avenue, Birmingham Passenger Station

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 File — Box: 54, Folder: 55
Scope and Contents From the File: This is a view of the L&N passenger station, Birmingham, Alabama. On the right of the photo, notice the curve of the track and the station platform. There are many people working around the platform and waiting for passenger trains. There are also walkways across the station tracks. The tracks to the left of the passenger station are the Southern and L&N main lines. The L&N crosses the Southern at the small building down the tracks. The two tracks at the bottom right hand corner...
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 / L&N Passenger Station

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 File — Box: 54, Folder: 56
Scope and Contents From the File: This is a photo of the L&N and Southern Railway tracks at 24th Street, Birmingham, Alabama. Notice the curve of the track to the left of the photo, the switch targets at the point of the curve and the cross-over tracks which the engineer cannot see to determine if they are lined against his movement. The fireman on the left would be able to see the switch targets and also see the signals from the ground crew. The tracks at the left side of the picture lead to the L&N freight house....
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 / L&N and Southern Main Lines and Set Out Tracks

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 File — Box: 54, Folder: 57
Scope and Contents From the File: This is a view of the Southern Railway freight house at 22nd Street, Birmingham, Alabama. In the middle of the photo, there is a walkway across the tracks that is used to move freight from one building to the other. Also, note the close clearance on the sides and overhead. There is a man walking from one car to another between the freight house in the center background. This gives some idea of the importance of having a fireman on the engine to warn the engineer of these conditions before...
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 / The L&N and Southern Freight Houses

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 File — Box: 54, Folder: 58
Scope and Contents From the File: This is a photo of Division Avenue or Railroad Avenue, Birmingham, Alabama. Notice the curve of the track and the trucks on the track. The engine has to enter at the bottom of the photo on the left side since the truck is a dead end at the top of the photo. Because of the curvature only the fireman on the left can see whether the trucks are clear of the track. If cars are to be spotted next to the building at the right of the photo, where the white car is parked, they have to be pulled...
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 / View of Division "Railroad" Avenue

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 File — Box: 54, Folder: 59
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Notice the grass on track, also curvature of track. Close clearance on left side of engine just behind engine is a street crossing. All the signals passed on left side of 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 / Frisco Engine #206 Working a Scrap Yard on Georgia Road

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 File — Box: 54, Folder: 60
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Sequence of photographs with O-23, O-24, and O-25. Frisco Engine working an industry at night. The engine is headed into the plant, going around the curve to the left. The light just inside the gate is the switchman's who is passing a signal to the fireman. There is very close clearance and much grass and weeds that make it very hazardous for the ground men to get on and off cars, or to position themselves so as to pass signals.

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 / Frisco Engine #206 Working a Scrap Yard on Georgia Road

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 File — Box: 54, Folder: 61a
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View from 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 / Frisco Engine #206 Working a Scrap Yard on Georgia Road

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