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Box 55

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Contains 316 Results:

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 File — Box: 55, Folder: 20
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This picture is similar to Exhibit S-4 but it shows more clearly the shown curvature of the track on the right. P.M.J. loading and unloading docks. Extreme curvature to tracks on right (fireman's side). Note also the automobiles and truck trailers on the tracks.

Dates: 1960-1961

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 File — Box: 55, Folder: 21
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This is another view of the west end of the Brooklyn Yard. The piggyback and other yard tracks have an extreme curve to the left.

Dates: 1960-1961

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 File — Box: 55, Folder: 22
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Piggyback and yard tracks. Right hand curves and impaired vision (on fireman's side).

Dates: 1960-1961

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 File — Box: 55, Folder: 23
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Yard engines and crew moving transfer from Brooklyn Yards to Northern Pacific Terminal Co yards, Union Station. Heading eastward. Union Station clock tower.

Dates: 1960-1961

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 File — Box: 55, Folder: 24
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Yard engines and crew moving transfer westward over Steel Bridge from Northern Pacific NP Terminal Co Yard (Union Station) to Brooklyn Yards. Curvature of tracks to the left on fireman's side. Fireman makes first observation of interlocking signal, located to right of crossing.

Dates: 1960-1961

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 File — Box: 55, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents From the File:

This picture is similar to Exhibit S-4 but it shows more clearly the shown curvature of the track on the right. P.M.J. loading and unloading docks. Extreme curvature to tracks on right (fireman's side). Note also the automobiles and truck trailers on the tracks.

Dates: 1960-1961

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 File — Box: 55, Folder: 26
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Same transfer movement shown in Exhibit S-8. Transfer movement from Union Station to Brooklyn Yards across Steel Bridge. Southern Pacific east and westbound main tracks on right by white shack. Union Pacific main tracks on left. Curvature of tracks and interlocking signals on fireman's side, both east and westbound. Operating SD 9 locomotives.

Dates: 1960-1961

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 File — Box: 55, Folder: 27
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Place where single main line track on left ends. The tracks are, from right to left, the Main, the Old Main, No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, the East Lead, and the main switching lead. Almost all these tracks have "S" curves.

Dates: 1960-1961

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 File — Box: 55, Folder: 28
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Southern Pacific main tracks to extreme left of the small buildings on the left. Union Pacific main tracks to and from eastern Oregon are in the foreground and the Union Pacific back track is to the extreme right. Movement over all tracks at this point are controlled by interlocking signals. Curvature of tracks and impaired vision.

Dates: 1960-1961

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 File — Box: 55, Folder: 29
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This picture was taken near the center of the Brooklyn Yard. Curvature of tracks. Impaired vision. Note debris between engines on tracks No. 16 and cars on track No. 15. Also ties piled near car track no. 12 (right center)

Dates: 1960-1961