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Box 55

 Container

Contains 316 Results:

Midvale Yard, Facing East, 1960

 File — Box: 55, Folder: 157

Rutherford Roundhouse and Engine House, 1960

 File — Box: 55, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of photographs of the Reading Railroad's facilities in and around Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. These photographs were not submitted to the Commission and as such do not have identifying exhibit numbers. It is possible that these were taken by J.H. Ritchie as part of documenting types of engines, but that is a tentative identification. The Reading Company, a multifaceted industrial corporation with diverse interests such as shipbuilding, coal mining and iron making, operated...
Dates: 1960

Lead Tracks at Harrisburg, Pa, 1960

 File — Box: 55, Folder: 109
Scope and Contents

View of leading railroad tracks at Harrisburg. Color light signal masts can be seen at center of picture and low home color light signals are seen at right.

Dates: 1960

B&O Lincoln Street Terminal, East End of Robey Street Yard, 1960

 File — Box: 55, Folder: 76
Scope and Contents

A more precise view of the ready track and the Pullman Yards. (Robey Street is now Damen Avenue).

Dates: 1960

B&O Lincoln Street Terminal, East End of Robey Street Yard, 1960

 File — Box: 55, Folder: 79
Scope and Contents

Notice tracks 14-18: these tracks wind around to curve to the right and then around to curve to the right and again to the left. The personnel that services the box cars and rolling stock are walking up and down the tracks.

Dates: 1960

Looking South from Gray's Ferry Yard, 1960

 File — Box: 55, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1960