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Box 63

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Contains 338 Results:

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 File — Box: 63, Folder: 110

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 File — Box: 63, Folder: 78
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Shows a clearer view of the sharp curvature of the Wye tracks which are in the upper left hand corner at 23rd Street. Closer view of repair tracks and wash rack. Employees' building and tower in background

Dates: 1960

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 File — Box: 63, Folder: 79
Scope and Contents From the File: Union terminal tracks end at small building with "23rd Street" sign in center-left of photograph. Small building at right center is where wash rack is operated from. White building in background houses employees' locker rooms. There is a tower behind it, which houses the yardmaster's office. From left to right, the first track leads to a grain elevator which was burned down. The next track is third rail and extends about 1 1/2 miles from Denver Terminal tracks to 36th Street. The track...
Dates: 1960

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 File — Box: 63, Folder: 80
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Union Terminal building on left. Employee parking lot on right. Denver Union Station is to the left of the trains sheds. The low building attached to the depot is the Railway Express Company's. To the left side and toward the middle of the photo is the end of 19th Street, where it crosses the creamery tracks and turn left paralleling the terminal tracks to 20th Street, where it crosses to the west side of the tracks.

Dates: 1960

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 File — Box: 63, Folder: 82
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UP Commisary building. Track in lower right-hand corner is UP track hat goes into and crosses the creamery tracks, then goes back t o the coach and 23rd Street yards. Up track ha three grade crossings, one of which is just beyond the UP commissary building at the right center. There is another grade crossing off the bottom of the photo just out of view, at 19th street;

Dates: 1960

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 File — Box: 63, Folder: 83
Scope and Contents From the File: First building on left side of photo is the UP power house; behind that is the Denargo market. By the tracks on the right is the B.K. Sweeney building. Auto trailers are parked along No. 1 and No. 2 tracks in the middle and right side of the picture. In the center background at the far end of track No. 4 a car is spotted with a truck backed up to it receive or deliver freight. Tracks around this building curve with the building and this further restricts the view when working on these...
Dates: 1960

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 File — Box: 63, Folder: 84
Scope and Contents From the File: Yard tower and buildings are at 23rd Street. The tower is the point from which all switching movements in this yard are directed. Engine and car are entering the ladder track No.2. Alongside of the box car can be seen the crossover to the house lead. In the lower left hand corner is a switch that crosses from the old main line to the house track lead. The next track is a switching lead that serves two ladder tracks. The engine in the background is on track No. 17. The ladder track to the...
Dates: 1960

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 File — Box: 63, Folder: 85
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Cars are spotted for loading and unloading as well as storing cars for future use. First two tracks on the left are Ayre elevator tracks and further from left to right are Nos. 1 to 6 garden tracks. There is a crossover extending across the entire garden tracks from right to left.

Dates: 1960

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 File — Box: 63, Folder: 86
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Freight houses on right and left sides, docks in the middle. Three leads or ladder tracks with crossovers at different locations and an old mainline. These tracks all come into the house lead.

Dates: 1960