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Box 58

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Contains 298 Results:

Close Up View Looking South at Northern Avenue Underpass

 File — Box: 58, Folder: 98
Scope and Contents

Guard rails at left are for Northern Avenue Underpass. Tracks crossing Marietta Street at left are L&N. Heavy traffic including both automobiles and pedestrian. Large number of pedestrians cross tracks here. Note curves of main lines.

Dates: 1960-1961

L&N Industrial Tracks Looking South

 File — Box: 58, Folder: 99
Scope and Contents

First track to the left goes to across Marietta Street to Randall Brothers. The next track goes across the street to Coca-Cola Company. This is a very busy street. Note the close clearance of the R.S. Armstrong building in the immediate left of the photograph.

Dates: 1960-1961

View from Fireman's Side of Locomotive While Pushing Flat Car and Gondola Through Nashville Bridge Plant, 1961

 File — Box: 58, Folder: 152
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of photographs of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad's facilities in Birmingham, Alabama. These photographs were submitted to the Commission as Employees' Exhibit 32, are referred to by the letter O in testimony, and were taken by L.A. Dubose. Mr. Dubose was employed as a locomotive fireman and engineer by the Louisville and Nashville in the Birmingham Mineral Subdivision; he was also a member of Local 751 of the BLF&E. The L&N was a class I railroad that...
Dates: 1961

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 File — Box: 58, Folder: 145
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The receiving track is on the right. the car repair tracks are by the coal chute at the right center. The engine shop is at the left center. Note curvature of tracks, blind spots, and close clearances.

Dates: 1960-1961

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 File — Box: 58, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents From the File: Showing part of Pennsylvania Coach Yards in foreground. Missouri Pacific Coach Yards at left of photo. Notice switchman on ground in center of photo relaying signals to fireman, for movement. Note debris, trash unkempt condition of yard. Close clearance of cars in yards. Obstruction of tracks by building and people using cross walk is dangerous. High tension wire over yard. Night switching in this yard is dangerous due to flood lights shinning in your eyes limiting vision. At times there are...
Dates: 1961

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 File — Box: 58, Folder: 25
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Note engine working in upper right of photo crossing street with cars moving. Track curving to left and spotting of cars at industry. Tracks are left in use for making up trains. This view is to the east from the 18th Street bridge. It shows the Missouri Pacific freight yards, the close clearance at center right of photograph, and how tracks converge at lower center of photograph and the crossover at the right which at times can be observed only by the fireman.

Dates: 1961

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 File — Box: 58, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents From the File: Shows part of Missouri Pacific freight yard. Main lines in center of photo used for inbound and outbound passenger trains. Curvature of tracks on fireman's side of engine (upper left) Overhead bridge (Jefferson Ave) there is a grade here. Note converging tracks (upper right) at rear end of passenger cars. Workmen on ground walking toward engine, unseen by Engineer. This view is to the west from the 21st Street bridge and shows the movement of an engine and two cars (upper left of photo). The...
Dates: 1961

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 File — Box: 58, Folder: 27
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Showing repair track and part of freight yard on left of photo. Notice debris and unkempt condition of tracks on right side of photo. Notice movement of engine at left, - both side must be observed for safe operation here. Automobiles park here at times much closer than the one in picture.

Dates: 1961

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 File — Box: 58, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents From the File: Note automobile in and around track on right side of photo. Stub tracks on left side. Track curve to left. Trailer trucks at loading dock blocking rail. This view is to the west from Spruce Street, St. Louis, Missouri. The track on the right side is fouled by automobiles and has close clearances between the track and wire fence. Notice the barbed wire on top of the fence which is hazardous for trainmen and engineers. Cars and trucks use this street continuously and the engineer and fireman...
Dates: 1961

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 File — Box: 58, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents From the File: Showing congesting of trucks and automobiles on tracks. Note trailer in center of photo causing close clearance (on side of building) while cars are being spotted or removed from track. Damage to equipment of this nature could be severe enough to pay fireman's salary for 6 months or more. This view is also to the east from 11th Street, St. Louis, Missouri, showing curvature of tracks and congestion of traffic. Note the trailer extending from the building in center of photo and automobiles...
Dates: 1961