Box 60
Container
Contains 248 Results:
View East from Mannheim Road Bridge, 1960
File — Box: 60, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents
Showing part of Yard No. 2. This yard operates 24 hours a day, yet has no flood lights within its confines
Dates:
1960
Railroad crossing at Taylor and Rockwell Streets, 1960
File — Box: 60, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents
Southeasterly view of the railroad crossing at Taylor and Rockwell Streets in Chicago. The tracks in the immediate foreground belong to the Pennsylvania Railroad. Tracks on the extreme left are the Chicago and North Western tracks leading to its Wood Street Yard. The tracks bisecting the foregoing tracks running left to right across the picture are those of the B & O, Soo Line, and Chicago Great Western Railroads. Cross-over movements here are frequent and a lookout must be maintained at...
Dates:
1960
Taylor and Rockwell Streets Area, 1960
File — Box: 60, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1960
Taylor and Rockwell Streets Area, 1960
File — Box: 60, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents
Orderly view of the Taylor and Rockwell Streets area, with the Taylor Street viaduct in the center of the picture. Various industries are served along the tracks here on the left by the North Western, and on the right by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Signals must frequently be passed on fireman's side because of close clearances. Industries are Wheeling Corrugating Industry and a foundry (located toward the edge of the picture). Close clearance on the viaduct, indicated by the black and white...
Dates:
1960
Taylor and Rockwell Streets Area, Looking North, 1960
File — Box: 60, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1960
View of Wood Street Yards, 1960
File — Box: 60, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents
Easterly view of the Chicago and North Western's Wood Street yard. The tracks in the lower left hand portion of the picture, where you can see the roof of a boxcar, are the switch leads for the B&O Robey Street Yard (see B&O Chicago photographs by J.B. Redmond). The two tracks further to the right are the B&O main lines. In the center of the picture is the Chicago and North Western yard, which used to be called the Bull Run. Note the reverse ladder tracks here which mean that...
Dates:
1960
View of Wood Street Yards, 1960
File — Box: 60, Folder: 116
Scope and Contents
CNW Unit #1057 Fairbanks Morse shoving three cars into the yard. Same general area as E-31 but looking to the west instead of the east. At the extreme upper left corner of the picture is a Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy passenger train. In the left corner of the picture is a Northwestern Fairbanks-Morse locomotive shoving three cars into the Northwestern Wood Street yard. Across the top of the cars being shoved is a portion of the Northwestern's potato yard, and beyond that is the Midland...
Dates:
1960
Burnham Car Shops, 1960
File — Box: 60, Folder: 37
Scope and Contents
Car shop and passenger cars on tracks.
Dates:
1960