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Santa Fe R.R. locomotive shops, Topeka, Kansas

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C & NW RR; locomotives in the roundhouse at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

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Truck trailers line up at a freight house to load and unload goods from the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, Chicago, Ill.

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C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Dorothy Lucke, employed as a wiper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa

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S. K. F. Bearing, Train coming thru bearing

Title: S. K. F. Bearing, Train coming thru bearing . .Creator: Richie, Robert Yarnall (1908-1984) ..Date: ca. 1930s..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie photographs..Physical Description: 1 film negative: blac More

[New York Central Twentieth Century Limited steam locomotive 5453]

Title: [New York Central Twentieth Century Limited steam locomotive 5453]..Creator: Richie, Robert Yarnall ..Date: May 12, 1938..Place: Harmon Station, Croton-on-Hudson, New York..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie More

Gen'l. Amer. Tank Storage, Houston

Title: Gen'l. Amer. Tank Storage, Houston..Alternative Title: [General American Tank Storage, Houston] ..Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie ..Date: November 1938..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Col More

[New York Central Twentieth Century Limited steam locomotive 5453]

Title: [New York Central Twentieth Century Limited steam locomotive 5453]..Creator: Richie, Robert Yarnall ..Date: May 12, 1938 ..Place: Harmon Station, Croton-on-Hudson, New York..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richi More

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.) Ordnance plant

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A train pulling out of the freight house at C & NW RR's Proviso(?) yard, Chicago, Ill.

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C. & N.W. R.R., women wipers employed at the roundhouse cleaning one of the giant "H" class locomotives, Clinton, Iowa

Photograph probably shows Mrs. Marcella Hart and Mrs. Viola Sievers. Compare to USW36-639.

World's Fair, railroad exhibit locomotives. Eastern R.R. locomotive, general view

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World's Fair, railroad exhibit locomotives. New York Central, detail II

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Two employees at the roundhouse at Proviso yard, C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

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Train going over the hump at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

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Greasing a locomotive at the 40th Street shops of the C & NW RR.

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Freight Depot of the U.S. Army consolidating station, Chicago, Ill.

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Working on a locomotive at the 40th Street shop of the C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.

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Switch lists coming in by teletype to the hump office at a Chicago and Northwestern railroad yard, Chicago, Ill.

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Train going over the hump at the C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

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Locomotive in a railroad yard, Chicago and Northwestern RR (?), near Chicago, Ill.(?)

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A worker in the roundhouse at the C & NW RR., Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

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Freight cars in the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad classification yard(?), Chicago, Ill. General view of Proviso yard

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General view of one of the classification yards of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, Chicago, Ill.

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General view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso (?) yard, Chicago, Ill.

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Hump master in a Chicago and Northwestern railroad yard operating a signal switch system which extends the length of the hump track. He is thus able to control movements of locomotives pushing the train over the hump from his post at the hump office; Chicago, Ill.

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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.

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Working on a switch engine at the 40th Street shops of the C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

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C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Irene Bracker, mother of two children, employed at the roundhouse as a wiper, Clinton, Iowa

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Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill.; C & NW RR; Roy Nelin, a box packer in the roundhouse at the Proviso yard

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Santa Fe R.R. trains going through Cajon Pass in the San Bernardino Mountains, Cajon, Calif. On the right, streamliner "Chief" going west; in the background, on the left, a freight train with a helper engine, going east. Santa Fe trip

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World's Fair, railroad exhibit, modern locomotives. Canadian Northern 6400, detail

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General view of part of the rip tracks at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

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World's Fair, railroad exhibit. Historic locomotives at Court of Railways

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Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill, C&NWRR. William London has been a railroad worker 25 years - now working at the roundhouse at the Proviso yards

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World's Fair. Horses tethered to fence with locomotives and Railroad Building in background

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Working on the boiler of a locomotive at the 40th Street shops of the C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.

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General view of the hump yard at Proviso yard, C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

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View in a departure yard at C & NW RR's Proviso (?) yard at twilight, Chicago, Ill.

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General view of one of the departure yards at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

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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.

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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.

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World's Fair, railroad exhibit locomotives. New York City 5453, detail II

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A.S. Gerdee, of 3251 Maypole(?) Street, working as a switchman at Proviso yard of C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.

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John L. Walter, conductor at Proviso yard of the C&NWRR. Mr. Walter has been employed on the railroad for 45 years, 32 of them as conductor. The red nose and cheeks are due to the below zero weather outside. Chicago, Ill.

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill; C & NW RR; L. Logan, of West Chicago, boilermaker at the roundhouse at the Proviso yard

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A general view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso(?) yard, Chicago, Ill.

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The yardmaster's office at the receiving yard, North Proviso(?), C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.

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Thomas Madrigal greasing a locomotive in the roundhouse, Rock Island R.R., Blue Island, Ill.

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C. & N.W. R.R., women wipers at the roundhouse cleaning one of the giant "H' class locomotives, Clinton, Iowa

Photograph shows Marcella Hart at left, Mrs. Elibia Siematter at right.

World's Fair, railroad exhibit, modern locomotives. Lackawanna 1939, detail

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World's Fair, railroad exhibit, modern locomotives. N&W, detail

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World's Fair, railroad exhibit locomotives. New York City 5453, detail I

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Freight cars being maneuvered in a Chicago and Northwestern railroad yard, Chicago, Ill.

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World's Fair, railroad exhibit locomotives. B & O 5600, detail II

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View in a departure yard at C & NW RR's Proviso(?) yard, at twilight, Chicago, Ill.

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James Lynch, a roundhouse worker, C & NW RR [Proviso yard]

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General view of one of the classification yards of the C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

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Passing a section house along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad, Encino vicinity, New Mexico

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Planes flying over new streamliner

Local call number: PR09204..Title: Planes flying over new streamliner ..Date: 1939..Physical descrip: 1 photograph; b&w; 8 x 10 in...Series Title: Print collection..Repository: State Library and Archives of Flo More

General view of one of the yards of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, Chicago, Ill.

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Chicago and Northwestern railroad locomotive shops, Chicago, Ill.

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Locomotive lubrication chart in the laboratory of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. The laboratory assistant in foreground is working at a precision balance. Chicago, Ill

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General view of the city and the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad, Amarillo, Texas. Santa Fe R.R. trip

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General view of yard and some of the locomotive shop of the C & NW RR at 40th Street. On the tracks on the right are three streamliners, crack trains, Chicago, Ill.

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Welder at the C & NW RR locomotive shops, 40th Street shops, Chicago, Ill.

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Retiring a locomotive driver wheel in the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railway locomotive shops, Shopton, near Fort Madison, 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 place. Santa Fe R.R.

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C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Elibia Siematter, employed as a sweeper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa

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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

Public domain photograph of diesel engine, train locomotive, generator, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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Tracks at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

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Frederick Batt, brakeman, on the C & NW RR, at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

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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.

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Women workers employed as wipers in the roundhouse having lunch in their rest room, C. & N.W. R.R., Clinton, Iowa

Photograph shows Marcella Hart at left, Mrs. Elibia Siematter at right.

Worn tires on locomotive wheels are refaced on this machine in the wheel shop of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, Chicago, Ill.

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Caboose on the caboose track at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

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C & NW RR, a general view of a classification yard at Proviso Yard, Chicago, Ill.

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Women wipers of the Chicago and North Western Railroad cleaning one of the giant "H" class locomotives, Clinton, Iowa. Mrs. Marcella Hart and Mrs. Viola Sievers

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Switchman throwing a switch at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

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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.

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Washing one of the Santa Fe R.R. 54 hundred horse power diesel freight locomotives in the roundhouse, Argentine, Kansas. Argentine yard is at Kansas City, Kansas

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A welder who works in the round-house at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad's Proviso yard

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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

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C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Marcella Hart, mother of three children, employed as a wiper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa

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Section of a locomotive frame, which will be welded to replace a broken locomotive frame, Chicago, Ill. Workman is indicating what place must be cut. At the 40th Street shop of C&NWRR

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Tracks leading into the freight house at Proviso yard. This is said to be the largest covered freight house in the world. C&NWRR, Chicago, Ill.

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Working on the cylinder of a locomotive at the C & NW RR 40th Street shops, Chicago, Ill.

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Mike Evans, a welder, at the rip tracks at Proviso yard of the C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.

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Locomotives over the ash pit at the roundhouse and coaling station at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yards, Chicago, Ill.

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C & NW RR, tank cars going over the hump at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

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Working on the boiler of a locomotive at the 40th Street shops of the C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.

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World's Fair, railroad exhibit, modern locomotives. Steamlined Hudson, detail

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World's Fair, railroad exhibit locomotives. New York City 5453, general view

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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.

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In the roundhouse at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard, Chicago, Ill.

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C. & N.W. R.R. Cloe Weaver, mother of four children, employed as a helper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa. She is learning to operate the turntable. Her husband works for a structural steel company

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