Box 58
Contains 298 Results:
Rutherford Engine House, WM Units 62, 43, 236, 1960
Western Maryland units after service are set out preparatory to movement to yards. Makeup of locomotive could prove hazardous to fireman making routine check of operation.
Rutherford Engine House Reading Unit 492, 867, 1960
ALCO and Fairbanks Morse locomotives at Rutherford engine house near Harrisburg. Reading Unit 492 is "blue flagged" while being serviced.
Rutherford Yards, 1960
View of west end of Rutherford yards showing train entering over ladder track.
Inman Yards Sign
At intersection of Marietta Road NW and Marietta Boulevard. Marietta Boulevard crosses over Inman Yards and L&N main lines at this point. Bridge is supported by two concrete pieces which cause trouble and dangerous blind spots.
Looking South from Marietta Road Bridge Near Howell Stock Yards
The view here is from Marietta Road Bridge looking south towards Jefferson Street grade crossing and Atlanta proper. The three tracks on the left are L&N, the three on the right are Southern. The four in the center are north and south main lines. The Jefferson Street crossing is heavily traveled.
View from Marietta Road Bridge Looking North Towards Howell Interlocking Plant
Another view from Marietta Road Bridge. Howell Tower can be seen in background (white building in upper center of photo), located in a triangle of Southern tracks and a loop of L&N and Seaboard tracks. L&N tracks on the right and Southern on the left. The Southern's main line is used from here south to the Terminal Station by the Seaboard Railway. This area is know as the Howell Interlocking Plant. There are eight sets of overhead signal plus many dwarf signals on the ground.
View from Between Seaboard and Southern Tracks Looking Southwest
This is where Seaboard comes in on the Southern from the right to go to and from Terminal Station and to Fair Street for interchange with the Central of Georgia. The two tracks on the left are passenger main lines from Greenville to Atlanta. This is still the Howell Interlocking Plant.
Howell Tower and Interlocking Plant
Howell Stock Yard
View is from Birmont Street looking west. Shows the main freight lines and Greenville to Inman Yards and stock spur. The two main lines come together just beyond the highboard seen in center back ground.
Southern and L&N Crossover
L&N on right and Southern on left. Note trees, curves, buildings, weeds and numerous signals.