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 File — Box: 61, Folder: 75
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of photographs of facilities in Spokane, Washington used by both the Northern Pacific Railroad and Great Northern Railway. These photographs were not submitted to the Commission and as such do not have identifying exhibit numbers. The photographs in this series are arranged as a group because of their location and because the NP and the GN co-owned the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway (SP&S). The SP&S was a joint venture between the two railroads, both...
Dates: 1960-1961
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XVII: Northern Pacific Railroad and Great Northern Railway: facilities in Spokane, Washington / Armour Plant Stock Pens

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 File — Box: 61, Folder: 77
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Shows the south side of pier No. 5 and the north side of pier No. 4. These piers can load up to four ships at a time, each ship having a capacity of 10,000 to 25,000 tons. Last year we dumped about 18,000,000 tons of coal on these piers and, I understand, the carrier plants to build new coal piers to handle ships with a capacity of 45,000 tons. The ship in this photo is the General Guisan.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XVIII: Norfolk and Western Railroad: Norfolk Terminal and Yards / South Side of Pier No. 5, North Side Pier No. 4

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 File — Box: 61, Folder: 78
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Taken from the hump on the west end of the main yard at Lambert's Point. This is a classification and storage yard which holds 7,000 or 8,000 cars of coal at a time.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XVIII: Norfolk and Western Railroad: Norfolk Terminal and Yards / Coal Hoppers in Classification Yard

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 File — Box: 61, Folder: 79
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A portion of the Soda Yard and east end of Lambert's Point Yard. Cars here are classified from both ends of the Lambert's Point main coal yard. The picture gives some idea of the curvature and close clearances of the tracks in this yard area.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XVIII: Norfolk and Western Railroad: Norfolk Terminal and Yards / Soda Yard and East End of Lambert's Point Yard

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 File — Box: 61, Folder: 80
Scope and Contents From the File: Shows in the left center the west end of the Barney Yard and, on the right, the west end of the Lambert's point main yard. The fireman is needed here to relay signals to the engineer because of the curvatures in all of these tracks. In humping operations, because of the length of the train and the curvatures of the track , the head-end brakeman stations himself somewhere near the middle of the train in order to relay signals from the brakeman and conductor, who are riding on the rear of the...
Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XVIII: Norfolk and Western Railroad: Norfolk Terminal and Yards / West End of Barney Yard (The Hump Yard)

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 File — Box: 61, Folder: 81
Scope and Contents From the File: Shows in the foreground the tracks at the west end of the Barney Yard and, in the background, the middle of the main coal yard at Lambert's Point. The little blips in the background are, of course, the ends of the coal cars and there is here a virtual sea of coal at all times. Note: this yard is congested all the time. There are many curves first to the right and then to the left. This requires engineer and fireman to be on the alert. All the crews that operate in yard service on both ends...
Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XVIII: Norfolk and Western Railroad: Norfolk Terminal and Yards / West End of Barney Yard (The Hump Yard) and Main Coal Yard at Lambert's Point

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 File — Box: 61, Folder: 82
Scope and Contents From the File:

Shows the main lines and the leads at the head of the Lambert's Point yard. There are about 16 crossovers in this yard, six of which are in this vicinity, and all of them are used very frequently. Because there are four crews working on the hump at the piers through these leads and crossovers, a sharp lookout must be maintained at all times. To the right are two or three storage yard leads.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XVIII: Norfolk and Western Railroad: Norfolk Terminal and Yards / Main Line Leads at the Head of Lambert Point Yards

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 File — Box: 61, Folder: 83
Scope and Contents From the File: Another view of the Lambert's Point yard and also shows the government yard leads. There are many employees in this vicinity. As you can see on the left, some of the employees' cars are parked along the tracks. There are many pool and time freight crews and yard crews in this yard and considerable train movement converging on these main line lead tracks in the center of the picture. The main line is reached by means of 4 to 6 crossovers. These conditions make it necessary for the fireman to...
Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XVIII: Norfolk and Western Railroad: Norfolk Terminal and Yards / View of Lambert Point Yard and Government Yard Leads

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 File — Box: 61, Folder: 84
Scope and Contents From the File: Shows a view of the head of the government or box car yard. This yard has about 80 tracks, holding about 1600 cars. All of the tracks here are curved continuously. there may be as many as three different crews switching on three different lead tracks for the three main merchandise piers here. These piers handle as many as seven or eight ships. In addition, there are warehouses further up in the yard for handling commodities for overseas shipment or transfer. Because of these congested...
Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XVIII: Norfolk and Western Railroad: Norfolk Terminal and Yards / Head of the Government Yard or Box Car Yard

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 File — Box: 61, Folder: 85
Scope and Contents From the File: Shows the three leads at the head-end of the classification box car yard shown in the last exhibit. Note the curves on all three of the lead tracks. These curves frequently make it necessary for the fireman to take signals form the ground crew and, at all times, make it necessary for him to keep a sharp lookout. There are three merchandise piers located on the water front as well as warehouses down in these yards. Usually two or three crews works in this yard on each shift afternoon and...
Dates: 1960
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / 5003 P, U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs / Series XVIII: Norfolk and Western Railroad: Norfolk Terminal and Yards / Three Leads at the Head of the Classification Box Car Yard

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