Box 60
Contains 248 Results:
Eastward Below Crest of Hump, Yard No. 5, 1960
Shows the lower level hump in operation and gives a picture of the classification tracks in the yard. Large number of tracks in the background of the photograph. There are 62 classification tracks.
East End of Yard No. 2, 1960
Taken at the east end of Yard No. 2 at Proviso Yard. It shows the close clearances on all of the tracks here. Cars are badly damages and headed for the scrap heap.
East end of Yard No. 4 and a portion of Yard No. 2, 1960
Kaplan Junk Yard, Yard #4, and Yard #2 from IHB Hill, 1960
Cars were burned here and the smoke would obscure the vision of train operators. Photograph shows the junk yard with some burning freight cars. When cars are burning here in the junk yard, the smoke can impede the view of the tracks, making a most vigilant lookout necessary. IHB is the reporting mark for Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad.
View West from Manheim Road Bridge, 1960
View East from Mannheim Road Bridge, 1960
Showing part of Yard No. 2. This yard operates 24 hours a day, yet has no flood lights within its confines
Railroad crossing at Taylor and Rockwell Streets, 1960
Taylor and Rockwell Streets Area, 1960
Northwesterly view of the Taylor and Rockwell Streets area. Note the extreme curvature of the B & O tracks here, which makes it necessary for the firemen to maintain a lookout.
Taylor and Rockwell Streets Area, 1960
Taylor and Rockwell Streets Area, Looking North, 1960
Taken at a point just to the right of where exhibit E-29 was taken. Shows more clearly the close clearances. Track in the foreground is Track No. 1 and leads to the Wood Street yards.