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Box 61

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Contains 320 Results:

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 File — Box: 61, Folder: 3
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Engine couples to two cars on Reading Company interchange, track No. 19 at Noble Street. Note curvature of track. Fireman has view of cars from his window, the engineer does not.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXII: Pennsylvania Railroad: Philadelphia Division / Reading Company Interchange, Delaware Street

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 File — Box: 61, Folder: 4
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View of traffic moving southward on Delaware Avenue at night. Note poor lighting conditions.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXII: Pennsylvania Railroad: Philadelphia Division / Traffic Moving South on Delaware Avenue

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 File — Box: 61, Folder: 5
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Tidewater yard, which is located at the southern end of Delaware Avenue. Note curvature of tracks and road crossing immediately in front of engine. Fireman has good visibility at this point, but the engineer does not.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXII: Pennsylvania Railroad: Philadelphia Division / Tidewater Yard

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 File — Box: 61, Folder: 6
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Automobile moving over road crossing in front of engine at Tidewater Yard. Note there are no warning signs to protect crossing.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXII: Pennsylvania Railroad: Philadelphia Division / Tidewater Yard Grade Crossing

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 File — Box: 61, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the File: Exhibits F-41 through F-41d show two cars which became derailed on Delaware Avenue at Reed St. Derailments, such as this, are a frequent sight on Delaware Avenue. The cobblestones on Delaware Avenue are marked from many previous derailments. Note how the traffic becomes snarled thereby making train operation even more dangerous. Note in photograph F-41d, cars in the distance have been cut away from the derailed cars which will be left standing until re-railing operations can be started....
Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXII: Pennsylvania Railroad: Philadelphia Division / Derailed Box Cars, Delaware Avenue at Reed Street

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 File — Box: 61, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the File: Exhibits F-41 through F-41d show two cars which became derailed on Delaware Avenue at Reed St. Derailments, such as this, are a frequent sight on Delaware Avenue. The cobblestones on Delaware Avenue are marked from many previous derailments. Note how the traffic becomes snarled thereby making train operation even more dangerous. Note in photograph F-41d, cars in the distance have been cut away from the derailed cars which will be left standing until re-railing operations can be started....
Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXII: Pennsylvania Railroad: Philadelphia Division / Derailed Box Cars, Delaware Avenue at Reed Street

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 File — Box: 61, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the File: Exhibits F-41 through F-41d show two cars which became derailed on Delaware Avenue at Reed St. Derailments, such as this, are a frequent sight on Delaware Avenue. The cobblestones on Delaware Avenue are marked from many previous derailments. Note how the traffic becomes snarled thereby making train operation even more dangerous. Note in photograph F-41d, cars in the distance have been cut away from the derailed cars which will be left standing until re-railing operations can be started....
Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXII: Pennsylvania Railroad: Philadelphia Division / Derailed Box Cars, Delaware Avenue at Reed Street

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 File — Box: 61, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the File: Exhibits F-41 through F-41d show two cars which became derailed on Delaware Avenue at Reed St. Derailments, such as this, are a frequent sight on Delaware Avenue. The cobblestones on Delaware Avenue are marked from many previous derailments. Note how the traffic becomes snarled thereby making train operation even more dangerous. Note in photograph F-41d, cars in the distance have been cut away from the derailed cars which will be left standing until re-railing operations can be started....
Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXII: Pennsylvania Railroad: Philadelphia Division / Derailed Box Cars, Delaware Avenue at Reed Street

Item 1: Click for Image

 File — Box: 61, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents From the File: Exhibits F-41 through F-41d show two cars which became derailed on Delaware Avenue at Reed St. Derailments, such as this, are a frequent sight on Delaware Avenue. The cobblestones on Delaware Avenue are marked from many previous derailments. Note how the traffic becomes snarled thereby making train operation even more dangerous. Note in photograph F-41d, cars in the distance have been cut away from the derailed cars which will be left standing until re-railing operations can be started....
Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXII: Pennsylvania Railroad: Philadelphia Division / Derailed Box Cars, Delaware Avenue at Reed Street

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 File — Box: 61, Folder: 12
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Photographs F-42 through F-42d were taken in Midvale yard, looking to the east. Note the curvature of the tracks. ENgines working th yard are all headed east, placing the curves on the fireman's side of locomotive. Close clearances and obstructions throughout yard.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XXII: Pennsylvania Railroad: Philadelphia Division / Midvale Yards

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