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Box 54

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Contains 290 Results:

Item 1: Click for Image

 File — Box: 54, Folder: 81
Scope and Contents From the File:

The track make a sharp turn to the left. Notice the Brakeman next to car passing signal on left side. Also the tall grass along track just ahead of engine is a rail road crossing also a motor car house where section men keep their tools and automobiles.

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 Units 426 and 429 with Cars Sitting on the South Leg of the "Y" at Bessemer

Item 1: Click for Image

 File — Box: 54, Folder: 82
Scope and Contents From the File:

Sequence with O-26, O-27, O-28, O-29, O-31, O-32. The curve of the track is still on the fireman's side. The engine has just pulled out of the yard shown in photo O-28. All the signals are passed on the left or fireman's side of the engine. The grass and weeds on the track and in front of the engine makes the wheels slide when the brake is applied very hard. It is hazardous switching on track like this.

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 Units 426 and 429 with Cars Sitting on the South Leg of the "Y" at Bessemer

Item 1: Click for Image

 File — Box: 54, Folder: 83
Scope and Contents From the File:

Sequence with O-26, O-27, O-28, O-29, O-31, O-32. The curve of the track is still on the fireman's side. The engine has just pulled out of the yard shown in photo O-28. All the signals are passed on the left or fireman's side of the engine. The grass and weeds on the track and in front of the engine makes the wheels slide when the brake is applied very hard. It is hazardous switching on track like this.

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 Units 426 and 429 with Cars Sitting on the South Leg of the "Y" at Bessemer

Item 1: Click for Image

 File — Box: 54, Folder: 84
Scope and Contents From the File:

Sequence with O-26, O-27, O-28, O-29, O-31, O-32. The stop board just in front of the engine is the Southern R.R. track, where the Southern engine was in O-26. The houses at the let of the photo are the motor car house and tool shop for the track men. Because of the track curvature to the left only the fireman can see if a moor car or track men are on the track. All the signals are passed on the left side. The engineer has to rely on the fireman to see if the track is clear.

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 Units 426 and 429 with Cars Further Around "Y" at Bessemer

Item 1: Click for Image

 File — Box: 54, Folder: 85
Scope and Contents From the File: Sequence with O-26, O-27, O-28, O-29, O-31, O-32. The engine has advanced just a little further along the rack. The engine at the top of the photo is entering a very heavily traveled street crossing, 19th Street. Notice the building at the top left corner of the picture. It blocks the motorists' view of the engine on the track. Due to the curvature of the track the engineer cannot see the street until the engine has entered the street crossing. There is also a main line switch in front of...
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 Units 426 and 429 with Cars Further Around "Y" at Bessemer

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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

Looking East Toward West Oakland Diesel Shop, 1960

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

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

View of Engineer on Locomotive Working Forward, 1960

 File — Box: 54, Folder: 88
Scope and Contents

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

Men and Equipment Cars Foul Tracks in This Area, 1960

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

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, 1960

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

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

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