Box 56
Contains 356 Results:
View from Fireman's Side of Locomotive, 1960
Hump yard at 4100 South Damen Avenue. The fireman is watching the signal board as neither he nor the engineer is able to see the repeater board.
View towards the east into receiving yard, 1960
Hump yard at 4100 South Damen Avenue. Taken in an easterly direction into the receiving yard. The engine is just past the repeater board. The fireman is looking back at the board and the engineer has to look forward in the direction the train is going. He is unable to see any signals which were given on the fireman's side.
Western Avenue Bridge, fireman's side, 1960
CR&I RR Unit #8407. Taken on the Western Avenue Bridge at 3900 South Western Avenue. The fireman is giving the engineer a signal to go ahead. The engineer can't see the signal board because the signals are on the fireman's side.
Western Avenue Bridge, engineer's side, 1960
CR&I RR Unit #8407. 3900 South Western Avenue, on Western Avenue Bridge. Photograph shows an engine humping cars in an eastward direction. The view shown is a view on the engineer's side of the engine. The signals shown are not for the tracks on which the engine is located, but are the signal boards of the Baltimore and Ohio main line tracks (at right of picture). There are no signals in view from the engineer's side. All of the signals are located on the fireman's side.
Industrial Siding, Armour Animal Feed Plant, 1960
Tentatively identified as part of the CRI Railroad photographs. Location most likely an industrial siding in the Union Stock Yards in Chicago, which is now the New City neighborhood of Chicago.
View from Fireman's Side of Classification Track, 1960
Shows an engine shoving into a classification track. The picture is taken on the left side of the engine. As you can see, the fireman has a good view of what is ahead of him and keeps the engineer informed as to where he is going. Since the engineer is on a curve at this point, he is unable to see the tracks leading into the yard.
Cut of cars being shoved from Halstead Yard, 1960
Shows, on the left, a cut of cars being shoved from the Halsted Street yard. You can see the fireman's head sticking out of the locomotive in the center background. He is the lookout for clearances, position of switches and oncoming traffic while crossing over two main lines to perform work on the south side of the railroad.
Back of the yard, 1960
Note employee riding on the side of the boxcar.
Halsted Street Yard, 1960
Shows the shoving of cars at 48th and Emerald Avenue in the Halstead Street car yard, which is on a curve. The fireman is observing the distance the engine has to go before coupling onto cars in the yard. A hard coupling may cause considerable shock and damage.
Industrial Siding, 1960
Close clearance on both sides.