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Box 63

 Container

Contains 338 Results:

View of Lower End of Cornfield of Southern Pacific Yards

 File — Box: 63, Folder: 139
Scope and Contents

Employees clean commodity cars at this location and are in and around cars requiring constant lookout.

Dates: 1960-1961

View of Southern Pacific's Coach Yard

 File — Box: 63, Folder: 140
Scope and Contents

Many non-operating employees in this area; impaired vision due to extreme curves.

Dates: 1960-1961

View of Pacific Electric Yard

 File — Box: 63, Folder: 141

B&O Lincoln Street Terminal, Robey Street Yard, 1960

 File — Box: 63, Folder: 107
Scope and Contents Picture is taken from the top of a car located on the Wood Street industrial track. The tracks in the center and in the left of the picture are part of the Chicago Northwestern middle yard; B&O yard crewsalso work in the middle yard when interchanging cars with Chicago Northwestern. The Color Position Light (CPL) signal in the center of the picture is used for main track movements. To the right of the signal is no. 1 and no. 2 main tracks (the two tracks that have ballast under the...
Dates: 1960

B&O Lincoln Street Terminal, Pullman Yard, 1960

 File — Box: 63, Folder: 108
Scope and Contents

This is a view looking across the yard from the top of a car located on the Wood Street industrial track. Here we see a clear view of the Pullman Yards where the passenger cars pass. Mainline passenger trains are made up here. This yard is located from a straight switching lead to a tangent curve to the right. Yard is also used by Soo Line and C&O railroads.

Dates: 1960

B&O Lincoln Street Terminal, Robey Street Yard, Classification of storage yard area, 1960

 File — Box: 63, Folder: 109
Scope and Contents This picture is of the general view of the Wood Street and Robey Street (Robey Street is now Damen Avenue) yard area. The first two tracks are for main line movement. The first in the picture is the inbound, the second outbound. The remaining tracks are used for yard switching. Notice the reverse curve in the construction of the yard. This consists from a straight track to a tangent curve to the left and straight track and a tangent left. The tracks to the right of the curve typically are...
Dates: 1960