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Box 58

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 File — Box: 58, Folder: 89
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Local Yard on left. Note 2 unit yard engine (Southern Unit 2039) shoving into Forwarding Yard. White building in right of picture holds the car inspector's office, washroom, and locker room for employees.

Dates: 1960-1961

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 File — Box: 58, Folder: 90
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There are 16 tracks on right, 65 on the left, plus the storage track just to the right of the engine (Southern Unit 2039). Two engines are constantly working here, pulling cars from classification yard and shoving them into the forwarding yard, plus other engines making special moves. All trains leaving this yard are built in blocks in order to expedite setting off cars at their destination. Note the reverse curve of all of these tracks.

Dates: 1960-1961

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 File — Box: 58, Folder: 91
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Engineer is always on the right side. Note the many curves of the tracks. Retarders on this end of the classification yard are supposed to stop the cars as they roll down from the hump, but this does not always happen.

Dates: 1960-1961

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 File — Box: 58, Folder: 92
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Engine is pulling out of Classification Yard. Just to left of engine, two workmen can be sitting by a panel board.All switches from this point north are controlled by this panel board by the conductor on each crew.

Dates: 1960-1961

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 File — Box: 58, Folder: 93
Scope and Contents From the File: At north end of pull out tracks and local yard switching lead. Photograph is looking south. A classification engine can be seen pulling back on one of the pull-back tracks (top center of photograph). The freight train in the left background is going in on inbound freight lead. The track to the right of the freight train is the outbound local lead for north and west local. The track on the extreme right bottom is the north main line. The adjacent track is the outbound freight lead. On the...
Dates: 1960-1961

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 File — Box: 58, Folder: 94
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Photograph is looking south. Same location as exhibit U-24 from slightly different perspective. Note the difference in track elevation.

Dates: 1960-1961

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 File — Box: 58, Folder: 96
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Tracks from left to right: northbound main; outbound freight; outbound local; inbound freight. Note numerous signals on ground, posts, and cantilevers.

Dates: 1960-1961

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 File — Box: 58, Folder: 97
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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

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 File — Box: 58, Folder: 98
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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