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Box 62

 Container

Contains 232 Results:

View from Fireman's Side of Locomotive, 1960 Request Item

 File — Box: 62, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents 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

North End of Proviso Yard No. 9, 1960 Request Item

 File — Box: 62, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

The yard has 29 tracks plus three main line tracks (Nos. 19, 20, and 30). This is the point of origin of the humping operations in Proviso. Various industries are served here, including General Foods Corporation.

Dates: 1960

South End of Proviso Yard No. 9, 1960 Request Item

 File — Box: 62, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

CNW Unit #1649, EMD GP-7. Shows the south end of Yard 9 and indicates the curvatures of all tracks as well as gives some indication of the number of workmen in the area. Note also the rocks, stones, pieces of wood, and scrap metal that are scattered throughout the yard, which make it easier for men on the ground. Also shows the 20 main and 19 main lines.

Dates: 1960

Eastward Below Crest of Hump, Yard No. 5, 1960 Request Item

 File — Box: 62, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1960

Kaplan Junk Yard, Yard #4, and Yard #2 from IHB Hill, 1960 Request Item

 File — Box: 62, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1960

Railroad crossing at Taylor and Rockwell Streets, 1960 Request Item

 File — Box: 62, Folder: 9
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

Railroad crossing at Taylor and Rockwell Streets, 1960 Request Item

 File — Box: 62, Folder: 10
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