Box 55
Contains 316 Results:
Tank Car Loading Facilities, 1960
RIP (Repair In Place) Track, 1960
Car Servicing Facility-.
Delaware Avenue, Looking North, 1960
Engine moves towards industrial siding on Delaware Avenue.
Gray's Ferry Yard, 1960
A general view of the Grays Ferry Yard, taken from 49th Street Bridge. Note that several of the tracks have overhead electric wires. These lines carry 11,000 volts. The power lines are from two and a half to about eight feet above the tops of the cars.
Gray's Ferry Yard, 1960
View of Gray's Ferry Yard looking northward from 49th Street. Picture F-1 and this picture were taken from opposite sides of the railroad. Note the maze of tracks curving both left and right.
North End of Gray's Ferry Yard, 1960
This picture was taken from the overhead bridge shown in pictures F-1 & F-1A. The view is Northward showing the North End of Gray's Ferry Yard.
Gray's Ferry Yard Track Curvature, 1960
Looking South from Gray's Ferry Yard, 1960
Looking south in Gray's Ferry Yard. All the tracks shown in the picture start within the yard and then they cross 49th Street, which is a heavily traveled road. Traffic does not always stop at the railroad tracks crossing, so a lookout on both side is necessary. Traffic is so heavy because of fuel oil companies located at foot of 49th Street.
Gray's Ferry Yard, 1960
View of 49th Street looking northward. Note the remains of what was once a crossing warning sign (on telephone pole). There is no warning to traffic about railroad crossing.
South End of Gray's Ferry Yard, 1960
General view of the South End of Gray's Ferry Yard. Notic eth ehow the tracks curve both to the left and right throughout the yard. Notice also the two crossovers shown in the center of the picture. Such conditions require constant lookout.