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Box 58

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View to East, Gratiot Street Yard, 1961

 File — Box: 58, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents Showing pile of rubbish at left of photo Track at right and center of photo overgrown with weeds. Tracks in center of photo used to spot cars in Purina Mills Co. Signals passed on fireman's side when making moves in this industry This view is to the east from the Gratiot Street Yard, showing two tracks that are used for switching in this particular yard. The tracks at the left center of the photo are the main line rails that go from St. Louis, Missouri, to East St. Louis, and Dupo, Illinois....
Dates: 1961
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXXI: Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis: St. Louis Union Station and surrounding yards

View to the West, Gratiot Street Yard, 1961

 File — Box: 58, Folder: 34
Scope and Contents Showing close clearance between tracks, engine moving in left center of photo. Yard cluttered with trash and weeds, cars being switched downgrade without air. Frisco house (merchandise) is at right very close clearance here stub tracks under overhead bridge (12th Street Bridge) This view is to the west from the Gratiot Street hill (see also photo P-34) looking into the yard where an engine is switching. While the engineer receives signals from the switchmen on the right side of the engine,...
Dates: 1961
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXXI: Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis: St. Louis Union Station and surrounding yards

View is to Southwest from Missouri Avenue, 1961

 File — Box: 58, Folder: 35
Scope and Contents Note movements of trains. Pennsylvania passenger train at left.- Freight train at right. Note congestion of trucks and automobiles. This crossing is protected by a watchmen but it only applies to the freight train, the other tracks, on which the Pennsylvania train crosses is unprotected and there is a lot of traffic on this street, both ways. This view is to the west from Missouri Avenue in East St. Louis, Illinois. It indicates some of the traffic congestion at this crossing. The trains on...
Dates: 1961
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXXI: Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis: St. Louis Union Station and surrounding yards

View is to the North Toward the L&N Yard, 1961

 File — Box: 58, Folder: 36
Scope and Contents Note engines working in yard, one backing up to the leaded. Road crossing in foreground. Not protected other than flashing light. This crossing is used daily to switch cars over for make up of trains in yard in background. Tracks curving to left & right, buildings in yard obstructing view at times. Fireman required to pass signals, note condition of cars being switched or any event that may cause damage to cars or person. This view is to the west from Missouri Avenue in East St. Louis,...
Dates: 1961
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXXI: Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis: St. Louis Union Station and surrounding yards

L&N Industrial Tracks Looking North

 File — Box: 58, Folder: 100
Scope and Contents

Opposite view from exhibit U-26. L&N industrial tracks are on the right and L&N and Southern main lines are in the center. The Southern's coach yard and wheel pit is on the left. The switching leads pass around each side of the wheel pit. Note sharp curve of all tracks, many blind spots, and the overhead cranes.

Dates: 1960-1961
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXIV: Southern Railway: Inman Yards and Atlanta Terminal

L&N Main Line Looking North

 File — Box: 58, Folder: 101
Scope and Contents

Cars are going north on L&N northbound main line. Note curves to left. Next signal board going north is obstructed by building in background with water tank on top and the next building north of that.

Dates: 1960-1961
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXIV: Southern Railway: Inman Yards and Atlanta Terminal

L&N Industrial Tracks Looking North

 File — Box: 58, Folder: 102
Scope and Contents

Close up of tracks shown in exhibit U-27.

Dates: 1960-1961
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXIV: Southern Railway: Inman Yards and Atlanta Terminal

Looking North over the North Yards

 File — Box: 58, Folder: 103
Scope and Contents

Coach yard U goes around Southern Bondage Warehouse at the left. Vehicle and pedestrian traffic around these buildings is very heavy.

Dates: 1960-1961
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXIV: Southern Railway: Inman Yards and Atlanta Terminal

Terminal Station Unit 2243 Shoving Cars Around U to Coach Yard

 File — Box: 58, Folder: 104
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of photographs of Southern Railway's facilities in Atlanta, Georgia. These photographs were submitted to the Commission without an Employees' Exhibit number but are described in written testimony submitted in Employees' Exhibit 29, are referred to by the letter U in testimony, and were taken by T.A. Whitworth. (N.B.: these photographs are misidentified in verbal testimony as Exhibit 99, which are photographs of Los Angeles.) Mr. Whitworth was employed by the Southern as...
Dates: 1960-1961
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXIV: Southern Railway: Inman Yards and Atlanta Terminal

North Avenue Coach Yard

 File — Box: 58, Folder: 105
Scope and Contents

Looking south from the front of the coach yard office. Cars on the right are on U track which passes through a car washer to the left around the south end of the yard behind the buildings to the crossings seen in exhibit U-29. All Southern passenger trains leaving Atlanta are repaired, cleaned, and made ready in this yard. Note the crossing in the center. All cars must be shoved over this crossing when building trains. It is used to carry supplies for the cars on the various tracks.

Dates: 1960-1961
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXIV: Southern Railway: Inman Yards and Atlanta Terminal

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