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 File — Box: 56, Folder: 50
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IC Unit No. 601. We see a view of Clarksdale, Mississippi. The locomotive shown in the picture is pulling out of what is known as the Wye. As shown in the picture, as the engineer pulls around his view in front of him is completely obstructed by the curve and he has to rely entirely upon the fireman to maintain a lookout as to what is in front of the engine.

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 / Locomotive Pulling out of Wye

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 File — Box: 56, Folder: 51
Scope and Contents From the File: Cotton bales. Close clearance. Taken at Clarksdale, Mississippi. Note how the underbrush is permitted to grow up around the tracks and even to obscure the tracks. It's important to maintain a very close watch where these conditions exist and to spot debris on the ground that might cause a derailment. The loading platform shown in the picture is used not only for railroad employees in this area, but also by other persons. It is the duty of the fireman and the engineer to make sure that all...
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 / Industrial Siding

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 File — Box: 56, Folder: 52
Scope and Contents From the File: Ferry operation between Trotters Point, MS and Helena, AK. Photo taken from Arkansas side. Taken over on the other Arkansas side of the Mississippi River and shows the incline on that side which leads down to the ferry. Here again notice the poor housekeeping on the incline. Observe the weeds growing up along the right of way. The concrete retaining wall shown on the left side of the picture and the concrete wall shown on the right side of the picture both cut down visibility and make it...
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 / Tracks Leading to River

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 File — Box: 56, Folder: 53
Scope and Contents From the File: Car float in picture. Unit No. 609. Shows the ferry operation between Trotters Point, Mississippi, and Helena, Arkansas. This is a picture taken on the Trotters Point side of the Mississippi River. This photograph shows a locomotive backing a car on a long incline toward the ferry which is shown just pulling up toward the shore. This operation is extremely hazardous and requires great alertness on the part of both the fireman and the engineer. As you can see from the picture it is obviously...
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 / Tracks Leading to Mississippi River

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 File — Box: 56, Folder: 54
Scope and Contents From the File:

Shows the locomotive just starting down the long incline to the float. The track is overgrown with weeds which of course adds to the hazard. The small building shown in the center background of the picture is a track storage house for track material. This house is located very badly because it obstructs the view of the fireman in loading and unloading the float as the engine goes back and forth down the incline.

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 / Tracks Leading to River

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 File — Box: 56, Folder: 55
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Close-up view showing the ferry Pelican tied up at the Trotters Point side of the Mississippi River.

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 / Train Pulling up to River Ferry Pelican

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