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 File — Box: 56, Folder: 130
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Water St. Freight Yards and Passenger Yard. Very close clearance on all tracks. Entrance to mail sheds in this yard; also where local New York - New Haven train are stored. Overhead wires prevent crews from working on top of the cars.

Dates: 1961
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XIX: New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad: Yards and Tracks from New York City to Boston, Massachusetts / Water Street Yard Under New Thruway Bridge New Haven

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 File — Box: 56, Folder: 178
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(Kodak Safety Film Negative of photograph 5003pb56f10).

Dates: 1961
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XIX: New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad: Yards and Tracks from New York City to Boston, Massachusetts / Manufacturers' Railroad, Front Street

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 File — Box: 56, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the File: Shows part of the Memphis terminal. To the right is the diesel shop. The two tracks immediately to the left of the diesel shop are starting and receiving tracks for engines. The tracks that the starting and receiving tracks lead to are the tow main line tracks which are controlled by a block system. The fireman has a great responsibility when the train gets on the main line tracks to watch out for other trains. To the left of the two main line tracks are yard tracks which are used in making...
Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XI: Illinois Central Railroad: Memphis Division / Classification Yard and Diesel Shop

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 File — Box: 56, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the File: Shows part of the Memphis terminal. To the right is the diesel shop. The two tracks immediately to the left of the diesel shop are starting and receiving tracks for engines. The tracks that the starting and receiving tracks lead to are the tow main line tracks which are controlled by a block system. The fireman has a great responsibility when the train gets on the main line tracks to watch out for other trains. To the left of the two main line tracks are yard tracks which are used in making...
Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XI: Illinois Central Railroad: Memphis Division / Classification Yard

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 File — Box: 56, Folder: 4
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The tracks shown, taken in the Memphis Terminal, are used by all inbound passenger trains, freight trains, and yard engines. There are two crossings here. While the crossings are protected by crossing gates, the vision at these crossings is blocked by the building shown on the right.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XI: Illinois Central Railroad: Memphis Division / Inbound Tracks for Passenger Lines, Freight, and Yard Engines

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 File — Box: 56, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of photographs of the Illinois Central's facilities in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee. These photographs were submitted to the Commission as Employees' Exhibit 47, are referred to by the letter N in testimony, and were taken by Fred Howell. Mr. Howell was employed as an engineer and fireman by the Illinois Central in their Memphis Division and was a member of the BLF&E. The Illinois Central was a class I railroad in the central United States, with its primary...
Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XI: Illinois Central Railroad: Memphis Division / Main Line at Hulen Street and Grade Crossing

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 File — Box: 56, Folder: 6
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Illinois Central Unit No. 4030. Manufacturer: EMD Type: E7A

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XI: Illinois Central Railroad: Memphis Division / Night Shot of Two Locomotives

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 File — Box: 56, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the File: We see a well traveled crossing in which visibility is restricted because of the warehouse shown at the left, the box cars standing on the tracks, and other obstructions. The tracks are covered by weeds, which hide the debris. These tracks are used by passenger and freight engines, both yard and road. This is the main line looking south when entering Central Station, which has "S" curve. The shanty is at Hulen street where a switch tender was employed, but who has been eliminated. This is a...
Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XI: Illinois Central Railroad: Memphis Division / Crossing at Hulen Street (by Shanty)

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 File — Box: 56, Folder: 8
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This picture taken in the Memphis Terminal shows the lay-out of the yard with an engine approaching the Frisco Wye. The fireman is depended upon to keep the engineer informed of the conditions on the track and the movement of other engines. This is a 24-hour a day, day and night operation in a very busy area. There are a number of switch engines working here at all times and there are a great number of employees that work in the industries around this area.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XI: Illinois Central Railroad: Memphis Division / Layout of Yard Approaching Frisco Wye

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 File — Box: 56, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the File: This is a view of the main line of the Illinois Central at Hulen Street at the top of Beale Street hill. This view is taken looking north. The crossings are not well protected and vision is obscured. As you can see, buildings obstruct vision and there are a great number of turn-outs and cross-overs here. See particularly how the trucks block the tracks. As you can see in the center rear, a large truck is actually blocking one of the tracks. Naturally, under these conditions a fireman must...
Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XI: Illinois Central Railroad: Memphis Division / Main Line at Hulen Street

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