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Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of photographs of the Norfolk and Western's facilities in Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia. These photographs were submitted to the Commission as Employees' Exhibit 39, are referred to by the letter B in testimony, and were taken by S.G. Vick. Mr. Vick was employed as an engineer in yard service by the N&W and was the local chairman for the BLFE. The N&W was a class I railroad operating in the southern United States. The N&W operated both passenger and...

Dates: 1960

Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XVIII: Norfolk and Western Railroad: Norfolk Terminal and Yards

View Out Fireman's Side of Car, 1960

File — Box: 53, Folder: 192

Scope and Contents The tracks shown on the left side are the west side main line and pull-in tracks which run parallel to the Portlock yard. The curved tracks in the center of the picture are part of the west end of the Portlock yard. The curved tracks in the center of the picture are part of the wet end of the Portlock yard. This area is usually very heavily congested, especially at night. I have seen as many as seven or eight crews working the end of this yard; road crews leaving from the point and yard...

Dates: 1960

Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XVIII: Norfolk and Western Railroad: Norfolk Terminal and Yards

Freight Yard, 1960

File — Box: 53, Folder: 190

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Shows how the tracks converge at this junction. The cut of cars being pulled to the east (on the right side of the photograph) are being pulled out of the main line of the GNRR. The GNRR mainline tracks are those in the middle.

Dates: 1960

Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series X: Great Northern Railway: Minneapolis Junction

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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

Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXX: Texas and Pacific Railway: El Paso Yards / Texas & Pacific Freight Yard Looking West

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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

Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXX: Texas and Pacific Railway: El Paso Yards / East End of the Switching Lead on the Texas & Pacific El Paso Yard

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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

Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXX: Texas and Pacific Railway: El Paso Yards / Texas & Pacific El Paso Yard Looking Northeast from the Main Track

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File — Box: 53, Folder: 63

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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

Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXX: Texas and Pacific Railway: El Paso Yards / Looking Northeast from the Right Side of Old Main Industrial Lead in Zone 3 of the Texas & Pacific El Paso Yard

Box 53

Contains 394 Results:

Virginia Locomotive 149, 1960

Virginia Locomotive No. 115, 1960

Virginia Locomotive No. 115, 1960

Harbor and Ships Near Belt Line Tracks, 1960

View Out Fireman's Side of Car, 1960

Freight Yard, 1960

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