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Diesel switch engineer moving freight cars at the South Water street freight terminal of the Illinois Central R.R., Chicago, Ill. The N.Y. Central is one of the railroads that lease terminal facilities from the I.C.R.R. (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Chicago and North Western R.R., Mrs. Thelma Cuvage, working in the sand house at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa. Her job is to see that sand is sifted and cleaned for use in the locomotives. Mrs. Cuvage's husband works as a guard at the Savannah (Ill.) Ord
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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Nearly exhausted sulphur vat from which railroad cars are loaded, Freeport Sulphur Co., Hoskins Mound, Texas (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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John Sabados washing up after a day's work at the rip tracks at Proviso yard of C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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General view of part of the South Water street freight depot of the Illinois Central Railroad, Chicago, Ill. A C and O R.R. caboose. the C and O is one of the railroads that lease terminal facilities from the I.C.R.R (LOC)
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- 42,846 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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General view of part of the South Water street Illinois Central Railroad freight terminal, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Santa Fe R.R. crosses the Colorado River into California between Topock, Arizona and Beal, California (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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General view of part of the South Water Street freight depot of the Illinois Central Railroad, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- 42,232 views
- Date taken: 1939
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Two employees at the roundhouse at Proviso yard, C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- 42,138 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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RR Train, Great Britain (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1926
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-03
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C & NW RR, a general view of a classification yard at Proviso Yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- 41,875 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Santa Fe R.R. streamliner, the "super Chief," being serviced at the depot, Albuquerque, N.M. Servicing of these diesel streamliners takes five minutes. Santa Fe R.R. trip (LOC)
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- 54 favorites
- 41,789 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Elibia Siematter, employed as a sweeper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Frederick Batt, brakeman, on the C & NW RR, at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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A.S. Gerdee, of 3251 Maypole(?) Street, working as a switchman at Proviso yard of C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Activity in the Santa Fe R.R. yard, Los Angeles, Calif. Due to blackout regulations, flood lights, switch lights, locomotive headlights and lights on the bridge in background have been shaded to cast light downward. Broad streaks of light are caused by pa
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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Indiana Harbor Belt RR, switch engine in yard near Calumet park stockyards, Calumet City (near Chicago), Ill. (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Activity in the Santa Fe R.R. yard, Los Angeles, Calif. All switch lights, head lights and lamps have been shaded from above in accordance with blackout regulations. The heavy light streaks are caused by paths of locomotive headlights and the thin lines b
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- 48 favorites
- 40,198 views
- Date taken: 1939
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Looking toward the Chicago and Northwestern railroad classification yard. The trestle runs from the ice house to the yard. The old cars in the foreground are used as living quarters for some yard workers and itinerant help. Town of Melrose Park is in back
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- 22 favorites
- 39,598 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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[Trans-Siberian Railway metal truss bridge on stone piers, over the Kama River near Perm, Ural Mountains Region] (LOC)
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- 39,440 views
- Date taken: 1905
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Retiring a locomotive driver wheel, Shopton, Iowa. The tire is heated by means of gas until it can be slipped over the wheel. Contraction on cooling will hold it firmly in shape. Santa Fe R.R. (LOC)
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- 38,885 views
- Date taken: 1939
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Yardmaster in railroad yards, Amarillo Texas (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Freight cars being maneuvered in a Chicago and Northwestern railroad yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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General view of part of the South Water Street Illinois Central Railroad freight terminal, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Santa Fe R.R. streamliner, the "Super Chief," being serviced at the depot, Albuquerque, N[ew] Mex[ico]. Servicing these diesel streamliners takes five minutes (LOC)
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- 43 favorites
- 38,514 views
- Date taken: 1939
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Painting a car at the repair or "rip" tracks at North Proviso(?), C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- 22 favorites
- 38,468 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Open-pit workings of the Utah Copper Company, Bingham Canyon, Utah. This is the Carr Fork side from which the company obtains huge amounts of ore. The Carr Fork bridge and main shops appear in the foreground (LOC)
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- 31 favorites
- 38,258 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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Servicing engines at coal and sand chutes at Argentine yard, Santa Fe R.R., Kansas City, Kansas (LOC)
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- 58 favorites
- 37,713 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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General view of the hump, Chicago and Northwestern railroad classification yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- 2 comments
- 20 favorites
- 37,398 views
- Date taken: 1939
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General view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- 40 favorites
- 37,345 views
- Date taken: 1939
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C. & N.W. R.R., women wipers at the roundhouse cleaning one of the giant "H' class locomotives, Clinton, Iowa (LOC)
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- 37,293 views
- Date taken: 1939
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A train (or "cut") being pushed out of a receiving yard toward the hump. A brakeman rides each train to signal the engineer in the locomotive at the rear; Proviso yard, C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- 3 comments
- 22 favorites
- 37,173 views
- Date taken: 1939
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The freight house at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard. In the foreground are old cars used as living quarters for some yard workers and itinerant help; Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- 13 favorites
- 37,098 views
- Date taken: 1939
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A freight train stopping for coal and water at a siding enroute to Gallup, New Mexico, near Laguna, N.M. (LOC)
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- 24 favorites
- 36,987 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Elibia Siematter, working as a sweeper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa (LOC)
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- 3 comments
- 27 favorites
- 36,750 views
- Date taken: 1939
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General view of one of the yards of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- 43 favorites
- 36,650 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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General view of part of the Proviso yard of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, Chicago, Ill. In the background is the coal chute and roundhouse (LOC)
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- 3 comments
- 34 favorites
- 36,424 views
- Date taken: 1939
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Train going over the hump at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- 10 favorites
- 36,288 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Working with a small steam drop hammer at the blacksmith shop in the Santa Fe R.R. shops, Topeka, Kansas (LOC)
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- 41 favorites
- 36,142 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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A Chicago and Northwestern railroad roundhouse, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Santa Fe R.R. yard, Gallup, N[ew] Mex[ico] (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Freight train going up Cajon Pass through the San Bernardino Mountains, Cajon, Calif. (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Locomotive in a railroad yard, Chicago and Northwestern RR (?), near Chicago, Ill.(?) (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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Indiana Harbor Belt RR, switchman demonstrating signal with a "fusee" - used at twilight and dawn - when visibility is poor. This signal means "back up." Calumet City, Ill. (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Greasing a locomotive in the roundhouse at Proviso (?) yard, C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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A east bound Union Pacific railroad freight train waiting in a siding, Alray, Calif. Coming up through Cajon Pass. The Santa Fe tracks are used by the Union Pacific as far east as Daggett, Calif. Santa Fe R.R. trip (LOC)
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- 34,726 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Switchman throwing a switch at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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General view of the city and the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad, Amarillo, Texas. Santa Fe R.R. trip (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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Loading sulphur from vat, Freeport Sulphur Co., Hoskins Mound, Texas (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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Night view of part of the South Water street freight terminal of the Illinois Central R.R., Chicago, Ill. (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1939
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