Box 62
Container
Contains 232 Results:
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File — Box: 62, Folder: 14
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From the File:
Aerial photograph of the Lamberts Point Yard. The two piers in the lower left foreground are coal piers where coal is dumped directly into docked ships. Looking at the tracks in the picture from left to right, those on the far left, which is the south end of the yard, are the empty yard tracks for departing trains. The tracks, beginning about 12 or 15 tracks from the left, are those in the Barney or Hump yard. In this yard, coal cars are pushed up to the piers for dumping. Further to the...
Dates:
1960
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File — Box: 62, Folder: 15
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From the File:
NW Unit No. 35: Manufacturer: ALCO Model: T6. One unit handling empty coal car in yard No. 4 (western yard)
Dates:
1960
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File — Box: 62, Folder: 16
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From the File:
A fuller view of the main coal yard at Lambert's Point. The coal cars here are a portion of the 7,000 to 8,000 cars this yard ordinarily holds. The empty tracks in the foreground are the pull-in tracks. There are four or five coal testing companies that have employees in the main coal and Barney Yards. These men are constantly climbing cars for coal samples to be tested. There is also a considerable number of car riders in the Barney yard who ride coal cars to the piers. Sometimes there are...
Dates:
1960
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File — Box: 62, Folder: 17
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From the File:
The tracks shown on the left side are the west side main line and pull-in tracks which run parallel to the Portlock yard. The curved tracks in the center of the picture are part of the wet end of the Portlock yard. This area is usually very heavily congested, especially at night. I have seen as many as seven or eight crews working the end of this yard; road crews leaving from the point and yard crews going back and forth all of the time. Because of this congestion, constant lookout is...
Dates:
1960
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File — Box: 62, Folder: 101
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From the File:
Across river is Hoboken, New Jersey.
Dates:
1960-1961
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File — Box: 62, Folder: 102
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From the File:
Grade crossing coming out of Hudson River Rail Yards.
Dates:
1960-1961
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File — Box: 62, Folder: 103
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From the File:
Grade crossing coming out of Hudson River Rail Yards.
Dates:
1960-1961
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File — Box: 62, Folder: 104
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From the Series:
This series consists of photographs of facilities in and around New York City. These photographs were submitted to the Commission as Employees' Exhibit 7, are referred to by the letters AA in testimony, and were taken by H.H. Franklin. Mr. Franklin worked as an engineer on passenger trains for the LIRR and was the general chairman of the BLF&E on that railroad. The LIRR is a railroad located on Long Island in New York State. Established in 1834 and having operated continuously since...
Dates:
1960-1961
Freight Cars and Tank Cars on Tracks with Yard Engines
File — Box: 62, Folder: 58
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Union Pacific Units. UP Unit 1079.
Dates:
1960-1961
Freight Classification Yard
File — Box: 62, Folder: 59
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Union Pacific Unit 1079
Dates:
1960-1961