Box 54
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File — Box: 54, Folder: 42
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This picture was taken in the same area as O-6 but from a different angle, from under the 1st Avenue Viaduct. The track has a very sharp curve. The gate and house where the cars are in the center and right center is part of the Southern Railway The cement post at the left is part of the First Avenue Viaduct. On engines moving north the engineer can see only one or two car lengths ahead at this point. With the hooded type engine he has to rely on the fireman completely at this spot for the...
Dates:
1960
Found in:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
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5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
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Series XIV: Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N): Birmingham Division, yards, passenger terminals, and industries
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L&N Main Line Bisected by Southern Railway Main Line
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File — Box: 54, Folder: 43
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Photograph taken from under 1st Avenue Viaduct. The engine is moving south on L&N main line. Note the grass and weeds along track. Southern track is just ahead of the engine. The track curves to left of 1st Avenue crossing.
Dates:
1960
Found in:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
/
5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
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Series XIV: Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N): Birmingham Division, yards, passenger terminals, and industries
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L&N Main Line Bisected by Southern Railway Main Line
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File — Box: 54, Folder: 44a
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Notice cars stored in track to the left. The switch is to crossover. Debris and grass close to tracks. Making it a very hazardous movement when getting on and off cars in a switching maneuver.
Dates:
1960
Found in:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
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5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
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Series XIV: Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N): Birmingham Division, yards, passenger terminals, and industries
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L&N Main Tracks Just North of Southern Railway Crossing at 30th Street
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File — Box: 54, Folder: 44b
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Notice cars stored in track to the left. The switch is to crossover. Debris and grass close to tracks. Making it a very hazardous movement when getting on and off cars in a switching maneuver.
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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L&N Main Tracks Just North of Southern Railway Crossing at 30th Street
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File — Box: 54, Folder: 45
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In this photo the back to back engines in the center are on the south main line. The track to the left of the engine is the 30th Street Yard. Notice the curve of the track and the cross-over form the south main to the north main. Just to the right of the engines are two storage tracks running parallel with the main line. Yard engines use this cross-over to switch cars from storage tracks to the yard or vice versa. Note that the engines consist of two units coupled together cabs in the...
Dates:
1960
Found in:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
/
5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
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Series XIV: Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N): Birmingham Division, yards, passenger terminals, and industries
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North and South Bound Main Lines of the L&N at 30th Street and 1st Avenue
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File — Box: 54, Folder: 46
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This is a view of the Southern Railway passenger station at Birmingham, Alabama. The street at the bottom of the photo is 2nd Avenue North and is very heavily traveled by motorists and pedestrians. Considerable switching is carried out over this crossing and a lookout is necessary from both sides of the locomotive. The switches here are electronically controlled and many of the lights that govern the movement of the engine are on the left side. The fireman must therefore relay the signal to...
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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2nd Avenue and 27th Street Crossing, Southern Railway Passenger Station
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File — Box: 54, Folder: 47
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This is also a view of the track approaching the Southern Railway Depot. Note the dwarf signal in the middle of the photo and curve of the track. The Frisco, the Seaboard, the Illinois Central and the Central of Georgia also use this depot. The west bound main track is to the left, east bound to the right.
Dates:
1960
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File — Box: 54, Folder: 48
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Looking North at entrance end of terminal for all Southern, Seaboard, and Central of Georgia passenger trains They all enter from south of terminal. Frisco Lines and Illinois Central enter and depart from the opposite end for the north end. This series of tracks is known as Pullman Yard, consisting of about 5 short dead end tracks. From Terminal Building to right are ten receiving and departure tracks for the above mentioned railroads, and the entrances that are located at south and north...
Dates:
1960
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File — Box: 54, Folder: 49
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This is a view of the Seaboard and Central of Georgia tracks crossing onto 10th Avenue in North Birmingham, Alabama. As the track comes in here from the lower left hand corner of the picture into the street it is curving to the left. Only the fireman can see around the curve for approaching traffic. Further up in the picture just beyond the automobile, the track curves to the right. This crossing is very heavily traveled in morning and late afternoon hours, and the view can be obstructed by...
Dates:
1960
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File — Box: 54, Folder: 50
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This is a view of 10th Avenue taken from a point opposite of that shown in exhibit O-14. The engine (SAL Unit 1768) at the right center of the picture is entering 10th Avenue. Note the automobiles on this street. Because of the curve to the left the engineer cannot see this traffic. There are no gates, flagmen, signal lights or any other form of protection at this crossing. Notice also the building on each side of the track obstructing the view of the train. This street is very heavily...
Dates:
1960