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Item 1: Click for Image

 File — Box: 59, Folder: 131
Scope and Contents From the File: Shows the north end of the Interbay Yard. To the right of the picture is the roundhouse and the main line. All the tracks in this area, excepting the rip (repair) tracks, have the same marked degree of curvature. The rip tracks are in the extreme upper left-hand portion of the picture and are comparatively straight. The curvatures of the tracks again make it necessary for firemen to maintain a lookout from their side of the cab. The engines that work the lead in the north end of the yard are...
Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series IX: Great Northern Railway: Everett and Seattle, Washington / North End of Interbay Yard

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 File — Box: 59, Folder: 61
Scope and Contents From the File:

Leaving Kansas City, Missouri bound for St Joseph, Missouri. Runs several times a year.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XII: Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad: Missouri/Kansas Division, Kansas City Terminal and Yards / Burlington Steam Engine

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 File — Box: 59, Folder: 62
Scope and Contents From the File:

Looking from south to north. Depot is in background, on the right. Grain elevator and silos in left background. Between the two is rolling stock on yard tracks. Many of the switch stands on the fireman's side of the engine. Also note grade crossing in foreground.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XII: Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad: Missouri/Kansas Division, Kansas City Terminal and Yards / Burlington Yards and Passenger Depot

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 File — Box: 59, Folder: 63
Scope and Contents From the File:

Looking from south to north. Depot is in background, on the right. Grain elevator and silos in left background. Between the two is rolling stock on yard tracks. Many of the switch stands on the fireman's side of the engine. Also note grade crossing in foreground.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XII: Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad: Missouri/Kansas Division, Kansas City Terminal and Yards / Burlington Yards and Passenger Depot

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 File — Box: 59, Folder: 64
Scope and Contents From the File:

Looking from south to north.Passenger depot is in center background, rolling stock on tracks is to its left.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XII: Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad: Missouri/Kansas Division, Kansas City Terminal and Yards / Burlington Yards and Passenger Depot

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 File — Box: 59, Folder: 65
Scope and Contents From the File:

Shows positioning of switch stands on fireman's side on approach to passenger platforms.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XII: Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad: Missouri/Kansas Division, Kansas City Terminal and Yards / Burlington Yards and Passenger Depot

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 File — Box: 59, Folder: 66
Scope and Contents From the File:

Portion of Rock Island right-of-way in St. Joseph, MO. The tracks shown cross several other railroads. At the point of crossing, due to curvature, the engineer must rely on the fireman to be lookout. On right, track running to Atchison, Kansas; on left running to Trenton, Missouri crossing the Santa Fe and Burlington R.R. tracks.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XII: Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad: Missouri/Kansas Division, Kansas City Terminal and Yards / St. Joseph Passenger Depot Tracks

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 File — Box: 59, Folder: 67
Scope and Contents From the File:

Portion of Rock Island right-of-way in St. Joseph, MO. The tracks shown cross several other railroads. At the point of crossing, due to curvature, the engineer must rely on the fireman to be lookout. On right, track running to Atchison, Kansas; on left running to Trenton, Missouri crossing the Santa Fe and Burlington R.R. tracks.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XII: Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad: Missouri/Kansas Division, Kansas City Terminal and Yards / St. Joseph Passenger Depot Tracks

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 File — Box: 59, Folder: 68
Scope and Contents From the File:

Close clearances on the engineer's side, requiring signal to be passed on fireman's side.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XII: Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad: Missouri/Kansas Division, Kansas City Terminal and Yards / Santa Fe Yard

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 File — Box: 59, Folder: 69
Scope and Contents From the File:

Passenger depot in left of photo. Grade crossing in rear of photograph. Looking north and south as in exhibits V-10 and V-12. Box cars are standing on both sides of the crossing and almost up to the crossing so that the view of automobile drivers, as they cross, is sharply restricted.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XII: Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad: Missouri/Kansas Division, Kansas City Terminal and Yards / Santa Fe Yard and Passenger Depot

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