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• Joseph Klesken washing up after a day's work at the rip tracks at Proviso yards of the C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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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
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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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
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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