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Box 63

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Contains 338 Results:

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 File — Box: 63, Folder: 160
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1500 block of Wykoop Street, downtown Denver. Railroad tracks running next to loading platforms and loading docks.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series VII: Denver's Burnham Yards: The Rio Grande (DRGW), Colorado & Southern, and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) facilities / Downtown Denver Industry Sidings

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 File — Box: 63, Folder: 161
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Location probably in downtown Denver.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series VII: Denver's Burnham Yards: The Rio Grande (DRGW), Colorado & Southern, and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) facilities / Industrial Siding

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 File — Box: 63, Folder: 162
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Looking at freight cars, tank cars, and hopper cars on tracks towards Union Station. Passenger cars are in the background.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series VII: Denver's Burnham Yards: The Rio Grande (DRGW), Colorado & Southern, and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) facilities / Denver Union Station Team tracks: CB&Q, C&S, AT&SF

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 File — Box: 63, Folder: 163
Scope and Contents From the File:

DRGW Unit #5651; Burnham Yard Shops and turntable.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series VII: Denver's Burnham Yards: The Rio Grande (DRGW), Colorado & Southern, and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) facilities / Burham Shops and Roundhouse

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 File — Box: 63, Folder: 164
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Empire Gas and Electric Equipment industry in right of photograph.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series VII: Denver's Burnham Yards: The Rio Grande (DRGW), Colorado & Southern, and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) facilities / Rio Grande Mechanical Department, Burnham Shops

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 File — Box: 63, Folder: 165
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of photographs of the facilities in Denver, Colorado's Burnham Yards. These photographs were not submitted to the Commission and as such do not have identifying exhibit numbers. These photographs document railroad facilities in and around Denver, Colorado. This includes industries around Cherry Creek, the Rio Grande's Car Shops and Freight Yards, AT&SF Yards, Denver Union Station and its passenger Yards, and grade crossings in industrial areas. Because these...
Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series VII: Denver's Burnham Yards: The Rio Grande (DRGW), Colorado & Southern, and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) facilities / Grade Crossing Over Empty Railroad Tracks

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 File — Box: 63, Folder: 166
Scope and Contents From the File:

Empire Gas and Electric Equipment industry in right of photograph.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series VII: Denver's Burnham Yards: The Rio Grande (DRGW), Colorado & Southern, and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) facilities / Rio Grande Mechanical Department, Burnham Shops

Southern Pacific Alfalfa Yard, 1960

 File — Box: 63, Folder: 67
Scope and Contents Picture W-1 was taken in the Adair or Alfalfa yard looking west from the "Little Flower" grade crossing which is just off the bottom of the picture and not visible here. This is a heavily trafficked crossing as there is an extremely heavily populated residential area off to the right of the picture. Although this crossing is protected 24 hours a day by crossing flagman, as trains approach from either direction on the main track, while yard engines are also approaching on the tracks on the...
Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXVII: Southern Pacific Railroad: Pacific Division, El Paso Yards

Southern Pacific Alfalfa Yard, 1960

 File — Box: 63, Folder: 68
Scope and Contents

Looking northwest from the "Little Flower" public crossing and between the drill track and crossover to Texaco industrial lead also showing the Fort Bliss industrial track curving to the right. Yard engines using this curved track either shoving or pulling cars is headed in a Westward direction. Locomotives used in yard services are the hooded type diesel switchers or "Bob Tails."

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXVII: Southern Pacific Railroad: Pacific Division, El Paso Yards

Southern Pacific Alfalfa Yard, 1960

 File — Box: 63, Folder: 69
Scope and Contents Picture W-2 was also taken in the Alfalfa yard but is looking eastward. In the immediate foreground is the "Little Flower" road crossing previously referred to. Inbound Texas and New Orleans (T. and N.O.) trains are yarded here and most of the Eastline westbound and Northline westbound trains depart from this yard. In the center of the picture you will notice a caboose which is standing on the westbound mainline, indicating that the train has proceeded into the yard against the current of...
Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXVII: Southern Pacific Railroad: Pacific Division, El Paso Yards

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