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Box 56

 Container

Contains 356 Results:

U.S. Army Base and Old New Haven Bunk Car, 1961

 File — Box: 56, Folder: 91
Scope and Contents

Photo taken from Long Island Railroad. NH operates in and out of Bay Ridge with freight service only. (Later becomes the Brooklyn Army Terminal). Overhead wires makes it impossible to pass signals from the top of cars. Close clearance on tracks.

Dates: 1961

First Street Yard Looking East, 1961

 File — Box: 56, Folder: 92
Scope and Contents

First Street Yard leading into State Yard. This is one of the most extensive yards in the east. Thousands of cars on hundreds of tracks are handled daily. Sharp curvature on tracks and close clearances. Heavy truck traffic. Most signals given on the fireman's side

Dates: 1961

Northern Avenue Piggy-back Operation, 1961

 File — Box: 56, Folder: 93
Scope and Contents

Trailer loading operation (i.e. piggy-backing) here is one of the pioneer trailer operations in the country, with around 80 to 100 trailers moving out of the yard nightly.

Dates: 1961

Northern Avenue Piggy-back Operation, 1961

 File — Box: 56, Folder: 94
Scope and Contents

Trailer loading operation (i.e. piggy-backing) here is one of the pioneer trailer operations in the country, with around 80 to 100 trailers moving out of the yard nightly.

Dates: 1961

Northern Avenue Piggy-back Operation, 1961

 File — Box: 56, Folder: 95
Scope and Contents

Trailer loading operation (i.e. piggy-backing) here is one of the pioneer trailer operations in the country, with around 80 to 100 trailers moving out of the yard nightly.

Dates: 1961

Manufacturers' Railroad, River Street, 1961

 File — Box: 56, Folder: 96
Scope and Contents

Former Manufacturers' Railroad using electric engine with trolley pole on trolley wire, tracks, girder. Type Close Clearance on All siding (rebuttal exhibit D/R-1)

Dates: 1961