Box 58
Contains 298 Results:
View of Geraldine Avenue Crossing, 1961
Shows crossing with autos on the track and curve on the fireman's side. Industrial Siding with grade grossing. Ben Hur Construction Co. Warehouse This shows a crossing with autos on the track (center) and a curve on the fireman's side as explained in P-54 and P-53. On engines headed into this industry, the engineer has a limited view of the crossing and depends on the fireman to promptly pass signals and other information relating to the crossing.
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View at Steelton, Pa. showing Reading (background) and P.R.R. (foreground) service to Bethlehem Steel Co. property. Construction work in area adds to hazards of materials piled in close proximity to tracks. Truck crossing at right has not warning signs.
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View of Reading Railroad's Rutherford Yards near Harrisburg, facing east from west end of yards. Hump color light signals governing movements over hump tracks at left side of picture may be seen at left of center. Note debris spilled between tracks as a result of forceful contact of cars dropped over eastbound hump. Yard is equipped with car retarders to control speed of cards leaving hump.
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View of storage tracks at Rutherford shops showing cars awaiting movement to shops. Note condition of weeds against cars permitting trainmen to walk on one side only.
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View of Rutherford yards westbound hump facing west. Car retarders controlled from tower not visible behind cabin car at left of picture.
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View showing Rutherford car shops in center. Hump track adjacent to signal mast and retarder shanty with office building at extreme left.
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View similar to photograph (internal number) 4 showing hump tower.
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Rutherford car shops showing close clearance at entrance to building. Repair work is done outside as well as inside and attention must be given to tools and equipment left in the way by M. of E. personnel as evidenced by truck left standing near entrance to building.
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View of west end of Rutherford yards showing train entering over ladder track.
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View looking eastward from west end of Rutherford yards near Harrisburg, Pa. Normal direction for heading locomotives working in this yard is toward the viewer. Engineer's view of conditions is obscured due to curvature of track.