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• General view of one of the classification yards of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• C & NW RR, tank cars going over the hump at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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• Apparatus used at the laboratory at the C & NW RR's 40th Street yards for analysing solutions of metals used in locomotives and the railroad plant, in general, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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• C & NW RR, working on a locomotive at the 40th Street railroad shops, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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• Laboratory worker at the research laboratory at the C & NW RR's 40th Street yard, examining paint samples used on freight cars and coaches of the railroad, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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• Working on the cylinder of a locomotive at the C & NW RR 40th Street shops, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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• Working on the boiler of a locomotive at the 40th Street shops of the C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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• C & NW RR, putting the finishing touches on a rebuilt caboose at the rip tracks at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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• Worker inspecting a locomotive on a pit in the roundhouse at the C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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• Locomotives lined up for coal, sand and water at the coaling station in the 40th Street yard of the C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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• One of the yards of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. On the right are three of the west coast streamliners, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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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
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• Working on the cab of a locomotive brought in for repair at the C & NW RR 40th Street shops, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

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  • 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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  • 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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• 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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  • 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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  • Date taken: 1939
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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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  • Date taken: 1939
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• Working on the boiler of a locomotive at the 40th Street shops of the C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

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  • 13 favorites
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  • Date taken: 1939
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• Working on a switch engine at the 40th Street shops of the C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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• General view of one of the departure yards at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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• Caboose on the caboose track at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
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