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Box 63

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 File — Box: 63, Folder: 66
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East side track, just south of crossover where GN shoves across.

Dates: 1960

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 File — Box: 63, Folder: 168
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of photographs of the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway's facilities in Minnesota. These photographs were not submitted to the Commission and as such do not have identifying exhibit numbers. The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway is a railroad operating in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin that hauled iron ore and later taconite to the Great Lakes ports of Duluth and Two Harbors, Minnesota. The photographs document the trackage, viaducts, ore docks, ships, coal...
Dates: 1960-1961

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 File — Box: 63, Folder: 92
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Car floats and float bridge in background. Gantries on East River in Long Island City, Queens, New York.

Dates: 1960-1961

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 File — Box: 63, Folder: 93
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Transfer caboose in foreground near Long Island Rail Road locomotive Unit #447. East River Gantries in Long Island City, Queens.

Dates: 1960-1961

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 File — Box: 63, Folder: 67
Scope and Contents From the File: 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

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 File — Box: 63, Folder: 68
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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

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 File — Box: 63, Folder: 69
Scope and Contents From the File: 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

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 File — Box: 63, Folder: 70
Scope and Contents From the File: Picture W-3 shows the Southern Pacific's uptown yards A, B, C, D, and E. the camera was facing west when this picture was taken. To the right are the ice docks; further to the right and not seen here are the A and B yards. There is a track on either side of the docks, each of which holds about 100 cars. It is on these tracks that cars handling perishables are iced. A lookout must be maintained for me working in and about this area from both sides of the locomotive. These tracks also proceed...
Dates: 1960