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Box 57

 Container

Contains 212 Results:

Recieving Yard Request Item

 File — Box: 57, Folder: 74
Scope and Contents

Taken from Marietta Boulevard Bridge. The track at the extreme left on the bank is the north and south main line and the next track to the right is the No. 1 thoroughfare. The lead on extreme right is the No. 3 thoroughfare. Note the curves and crossing on all tracks, which are used by carmen riding echo-machines (rail inspection machinery). The Marietta Road Bridge is in the far background of photograph.

Dates: 1960-1961

Looking North from Marietta Boulevard Bridge Across L&N Yard Request Item

 File — Box: 57, Folder: 75
Scope and Contents

Receiving tracks on right on either side of coal train. The four forwarding are on the left, and the L&N main lines are on the extreme left hand side of photograph. Note curves and high banks. Workmen on tractor in center left of photograph.

Dates: 1960-1961

North Avenue Coach Yard Request Item

 File — Box: 57, Folder: 76
Scope and Contents

Looking south from the front of the coach yard office. Cars on the right are on U track which passes through a car washer to the left around the south end of the yard behind the buildings to the crossings seen in exhibit U-29. All Southern passenger trains leaving Atlanta are repaired, cleaned, and made ready in this yard. Note the crossing in the center. All cars must be shoved over this crossing when building trains. It is used to carry supplies for the cars on the various tracks.

Dates: 1960-1961

Looking North on Belt Line Towards Decatur Street Crossing Request Item

 File — Box: 57, Folder: 83
Scope and Contents

This is one of the main streets between Atlanta and Decatur, Georgia. There is heavy traffic at all times. This crossing is only about 300 feet south of of the crossing shown in exhibit U-48. It is used extensively while switching warehouses below the Edgewood Avenue viaduct. Signals are hard to see here due to the curvature of the tracks.

Dates: 1960-1961

Looking North on Belt Line Towards Decatur Street Crossing Request Item

 File — Box: 57, Folder: 84
Scope and Contents

This is one of the main streets between Atlanta and Decatur, Georgia. There is heavy traffic at all times. This crossing is only about 300 feet south of of the crossing shown in exhibit U-48. It is used extensively while switching warehouses below the Edgewood Avenue viaduct. Signals are hard to see here due to the curvature of the tracks.

Dates: 1960-1961

Looking North on Belt Line Towards Decatur Street Crossing Request Item

 File — Box: 57, Folder: 85
Scope and Contents

This is one of the main streets between Atlanta and Decatur, Georgia. There is heavy traffic at all times. This crossing is only about 300 feet south of of the crossing shown in exhibit U-48. It is used extensively while switching warehouses below the Edgewood Avenue viaduct. Signals are hard to see here due to the curvature of the tracks.

Dates: 1960-1961

Looking North from Fair Street Toward Castleberry Street Request Item

 File — Box: 57, Folder: 86
Scope and Contents

Engine (SOU Unit 2056) has just crossed Castleberry St. and is going south towards Swifts & Hamel on south side of Fair Street. Note weeds and debris There is a track between engine and the wall on the left.

Dates: 1960-1961

Yard Tracks at Night Request Item

 File — Box: 57, Folder: 87
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of photographs of Southern Railway's facilities in Atlanta, Georgia. These photographs were submitted to the Commission without an Employees' Exhibit number but are described in written testimony submitted in Employees' Exhibit 29, are referred to by the letter U in testimony, and were taken by T.A. Whitworth. (N.B.: these photographs are misidentified in verbal testimony as Exhibit 99, which are photographs of Los Angeles.) Mr. Whitworth was employed by the Southern as...
Dates: 1960-1961