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Box 53

 Container

Contains 394 Results:

NW Unit No. 35 and VGN coal car, 1960

 File — Box: 53, Folder: 133
Scope and Contents

NW Unit No. 35: Manufacturer: ALCO Model: T6. One unit handling empty coal car in yard No. 4 (western yard)

Dates: 1960

Harbor and Ships Near Belt Line Tracks, 1960

 File — Box: 53, Folder: 189
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

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