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Box 59

 Container

Contains 306 Results:

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 File — Box: 59, Folder: 81
Scope and Contents From the File:

Interchange connects RI with Santa Fe Railroad and MoPac. Busy street with automobile traffic closely parallels tracks, increasing danger for side-swipes. Tracks run down the center of the street. Street which runs parallel with the tracks just beyond the crossing, presents a special danger because cars can run so close to the track that there is the danger of side-swiping automobiles or trucks as they goo up and down the street. Crossover in foreground.

Dates: 1960

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 File — Box: 59, Folder: 83
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of photographs of the Rock Island's and other carriers' facilities in and around the Kansas City Terminal. These photographs were submitted to the Commission as Employees' Exhibit 42, are referred to by the letter V in testimony, and were taken by M.H. LaRue. Mr. LaRue was employed as a fireman and engineman on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific (The Rock Island) in the Missouri/Kansas Division and was a member of the BLF&E. The Rock Island was a class I railroad...
Dates: 1960

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 File — Box: 59, Folder: 84
Scope and Contents From the File:

Sharp curvature of tracks and obstructed view. Tracks overgrown with weeds and debris scattered along the right-of-way, creating hazardous ground conditions for engine crews. Signal must be passed on the fireman's side.

Dates: 1960

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 File — Box: 59, Folder: 85
Scope and Contents From the File:

Sharp curvature of tracks and obstructed view. Tracks overgrown with weeds and debris scattered along the right-of-way, creating hazardous ground conditions for engine crews. Signal must be passed on the fireman's side.

Dates: 1960

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 File — Box: 59, Folder: 86
Scope and Contents From the File:

Sharp curvature of tracks and obstructed view. Tracks overgrown with weeds and debris scattered along the right-of-way, creating hazardous ground conditions for engine crews. Signal must be passed on the fireman's side.

Dates: 1960

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 File — Box: 59, Folder: 87
Scope and Contents From the File:

Sharp curvature of tracks and obstructed view. Tracks overgrown with weeds and debris scattered along the right-of-way, creating hazardous ground conditions for engine crews. Signal must be passed on the fireman's side.

Dates: 1960