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Box 53

 Container

Contains 394 Results:

CNW Main Line, 1960

 File — Box: 53, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents

CNW main line westbound to right, PRR to left. Approaching Western Avenue Interlocking Plant.

Dates: 1960

Kaplan Junk Yard, Yard #4, and Yard #2 from IHB Hill, 1960

 File — Box: 53, Folder: 87
Scope and Contents

Cars were burned here and the smoke would obscure the vision of train operators (same location as exhibit E-24). IHB is the reporting mark for Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad.

Dates: 1960

Freight Yard and Caboose Tracks, 1960

 File — Box: 53, Folder: 193
Scope and Contents

Taken at the extreme west end of the Enola Yard, looking eastward. Large number of crossovers and leader ladder tracks. To left of telephone pole are two switch engines working on same ladder.

Dates: 1960

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 File — Box: 53, Folder: 60
Scope and Contents From the File: Shows the Texas and Pacific freight yard at El Paso,Texas. Yard engines operating in this yard are continually shoving, kicking or dropping cars over this public crossing of Tornillo Street. When doubling freight trains into this yard, the yard engine is headed west and the crossing is not protected by members of the ground crew. This yard is frequented both day and night by transients and children. Residents are on both sides of yard as shown in picture. Pictures #17, 18, 19, 20 [n.b.:...
Dates: 1961

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 File — Box: 53, Folder: 61
Scope and Contents From the File:

Shows the east end of the switching lead of the Texas and Pacific El Paso yard. Passenger cars shown are on rip track No. 5 and it is adjacent to the main track. Workmen on rip track, coach cleaners and a large number of pedestrians use the area shown by employee in picture to cross from the residential area to the school and churches.

Dates: 1961

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 File — Box: 53, Folder: 62
Scope and Contents From the File:

Showing the rip track lead and the Old Main which is an industrial switching track. Locomotives used by the Texas & Pacific Railway Co. are the hooded type diesel switcher and the engines are headed in a westward direction for a more efficient, safe yard operation.

Dates: 1961

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 File — Box: 53, Folder: 63
Scope and Contents From the File:

Looking to the northeast straight down the track will be noted number of busy street intersections some protected by flasher type signals and some by standard cross buck signs. Ground crews working on Right side on locomotive leave the left side of locomotive to the second man on the engine. These movements are reverse to the direction the engine is headed.

Dates: 1961

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 File — Box: 53, Folder: 64
Scope and Contents From the File:

The cars shown in the picture approached this crossing from the left side of the locomotive in the direction the locomotive is headed. (Note the absence of warning signs or flasher lights for the protection of the vehicular traffic in a south movement).

Dates: 1961

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 File — Box: 53, Folder: 65
Scope and Contents From the File:

Shows the lead to the yard tracks at the El Paso yard. Note absence of railing or barrier to protect the clearance of vehicular traffic prom the switching lead. This view would be from the left side of locomotive headed in a westerly direction. Picture #23 shows a close up of the above mentioned condition.

Dates: 1961