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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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 File — Box: 61, Folder: 86
Scope and Contents From the File: Taken from Barney Yard (the hump yard). A fuller view of the main coal yard at Lambert's Point. The coal cars here are a portion of the 7,000 to 8,000 cars this yard ordinarily holds. The empty tracks in the foreground are the pull-in tracks. There are four or five coal testing companies that have employees in the main coal and Barney Yards. These men are constantly climbing cars for coal samples to be tested. There is also a considerable number of car riders in the Barney yard who ride coal...
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 / Pull in Track which are Empty & Main Yard at Lambert Point's Main Coal Yard

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 File — Box: 61, Folder: 87
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Shows the trains of coal cars preparatory to their being dumped on the coal docks in the center background. Cars are ridden down off this hump to the coal pier by brakemen or car riders. To the left is a portion of the main coal yard. These piers dumped 18 million tons of coal in the year 1959, and some years have dumped more.

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 the Barney Yard (The Hump Yard)

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 File — Box: 61, Folder: 88
Scope and Contents From the File: NW Units 129 and 142. Shows two Fairbanks Morse units pulling coal cars around one of the lead tracks at the east end of the Lambert's Point main coal yard. These multiple units, which are about 112 feet in overall length, are used in classifying trains having as many as 100 coal cars. Because of the length of the trains, the ground crew at the rear end of the train cannot be seen at all times form the cab. In order to permit signal passing from one end of the train to the other, the carrier...
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 / Two Unit Fairbank Morse Diesel Pulling Around Lead, East End of Lambert's Point Main Coal Yard

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 File — Box: 61, Folder: 89
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Opposite No. 4 Coal Pier where coal is dumped into docked ships. Showing in the upper portion, one of the piers where coal is dumped into docked ships. Over 200 men work at these coal bins over a 24-hour period. The pedestrian traffic around all these tracks is very heavy and requires lookout at all times.

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 / Cars on East End of Main Coal Yards at Lambert's Point

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 File — Box: 61, Folder: 90
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Taken at the east end of the Lambert's Point yard. The tracks in the foreground are part of the Soda Storage and Coal Yard. The tracks in the background coming in from the right side of the picture are the lead tracks at the Lambert's Point yard, which move full circle around the yard.

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 / East End of Lambert's Point Yard

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 File — Box: 61, Folder: 91
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Gives a view of the west end of the Portlock yard and shows the continuous curves on all tracks. These extended curvatures make it imperative for enginemen on both sides of the locomotive to maintain a lookout and frequently require the fireman to take and relay signals to the engineman.

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 West End of Portlock Yard

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 File — Box: 61, Folder: 92
Scope and Contents From the File: The tracks shown on the left side are the west side main line and pull-in tracks which run parallel to the Portlock yard. The curved tracks in the center of the picture are part of the west end of the Portlock yard. The curved tracks in the center of the picture are part of the wet end of the Portlock yard. This area is usually very heavily congested, especially at night. I have seen as many as seven or eight crews working the end of this yard; road crews leaving from the point and yard...
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 from Fireman's Side of Locomotive

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