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

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.

Truck trailers line up at a freight house to load and unload goods fro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, train car, railway, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Map showing location of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway with its branches & connections through Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan

Map showing location of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway with its br...

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Map showing the location of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway with its branches & connections through Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan.

Map showing the location of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway with it...

Map of the midwestern states showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the completed, proposed, and under-construction railroads. Scale 1:1,267,200. LC Railroad... More

[Chicago & North Western Railway station, Elmhurst, Ill.]

[Chicago & North Western Railway station, Elmhurst, Ill.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a train station, railroad tracks, railway depot, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Elmhurst, Ill., Chicago & North-Western Ry. station

Elmhurst, Ill., Chicago & North-Western Ry. station

Picryl description: Public domain image of a train station, railroad tracks, railway depot, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Chicago & North Western Railway station, Elmhurst, Ill.]

[Chicago & North Western Railway station, Elmhurst, Ill.]

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Train station Kasota Station - Public domain photograph.

Train station Kasota Station - Public domain photograph.

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "57" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04530. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Unverified information in this record. 650 field.

From railway bridge, Geneva, Ill.

From railway bridge, Geneva, Ill.

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Chicago & North Western Railway station, Elmhurst, Ill.

Chicago & North Western Railway station, Elmhurst, Ill.

Title based on Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "192" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04623. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Chicago & North Western Railway Station, Milwaukee, Wisconsin]

[Chicago & North Western Railway Station, Milwaukee, Wisconsin]

Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Tracey sic, Minn., engine of the South Dakota division

Tracey sic, Minn., engine of the South Dakota division

"65" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04541. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Chicago, Ill., C. & N.W. R.R. station, the Pacific Express

Chicago, Ill., C. & N.W. R.R. station, the Pacific Express

Title from Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "Chicago & North Western Railway Passenger Station" on building. "52[...]" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04857. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Tracey [sic], Minn., engine of the South Dakota division

Tracey [sic], Minn., engine of the South Dakota division

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Train station Kasota Station - Public domain photograph.

Train station Kasota Station - Public domain photograph.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

From railway bridge, Geneva, Ill

From railway bridge, Geneva, Ill

Second title on negative: [...] Chicago & North Western Ry. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04607. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Fox River near Batavia, Ill. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Fox River near Batavia, Ill. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fox River near Batavia, Ill - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Fox River near Batavia, Ill - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "177" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04610. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Elmhurst, Ill., Chicago & North-Western Ry. station

Elmhurst, Ill., Chicago & North-Western Ry. station

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "189" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04620. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Chicago & North Western Railway Station, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Chicago & North Western Railway Station, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Title devised by cataloger. "4806" and "570" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04806. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Chicago, Ill., C. & N.W. R.R. station, the Pacific Express]

[Chicago, Ill., C. & N.W. R.R. station, the Pacific Express]

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Chicago & North Western Railway station, Elmhurst, Ill.

Chicago & North Western Railway station, Elmhurst, Ill.

Title based on Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "191" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04622. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Correct map of Dakota compiled from United States and Territorial surveys Nov. 1, 1882.

Correct map of Dakota compiled from United States and Territorial surv...

"The large lines on the above map show the location of the Chicago & North-Western Railway, and its branches, the small lines its connections." Shows relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, townships, c... More

Chicago and North Western Ry. passenger train

Chicago and North Western Ry. passenger train

Listed in Detroit Publishing Co. negative log as no. L- 10202. Probably used as a left section of a panorama, other section(s) not in collection. "Copyright by Detroit Photographic Co." and "01959" on negative.... More

Bridge near Nelson, Rock River, Ill.

Bridge near Nelson, Rock River, Ill.

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Goose Lake - Mammoth Plate Photograph, mammoth plate negative

Goose Lake - Mammoth Plate Photograph, mammoth plate negative

Chicago & North Western Railroad train, locomotive 251. Jacket title continues: looking north, Negaunee, Mich. "Copyright by Detroit Photographic Co." and "01980" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 01980. ... More

Bridge near Nelson, Rock River, Ill

Bridge near Nelson, Rock River, Ill

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "Painted Sept. 1897" on bridge. "171" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04604. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Rock River near Nelson, Ill. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Rock River near Nelson, Ill. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

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Chicago and North Western Ry. passenger train

Chicago and North Western Ry. passenger train

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Rock River Bridge near Nelson, Ill.

Rock River Bridge near Nelson, Ill.

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Pacific Express, Chicago and North Western Ry.

Pacific Express, Chicago and North Western Ry.

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rock River Bridge near Nelson, Ill

Rock River Bridge near Nelson, Ill

Second title on negative: A scene on the Chicago & North Western Ry. "98" and "167" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04603. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Chicago, Ill., C. & N.W. R.R. station

Chicago, Ill., C. & N.W. R.R. station

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Goose Lake - Mammoth Plate Photograph, mammoth plate negative

Goose Lake - Mammoth Plate Photograph, mammoth plate negative

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Detroit, C & NW Ry. office - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Detroit, C & NW Ry. office - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title from jacket. "Detroit Photographic Co." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 42058; devised by cataloger. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Detroit, C & NW Ry. office] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

[Detroit, C & NW Ry. office] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

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One of the emergency rooms, C. & N.W. Ry., Chicago, Ill.

One of the emergency rooms, C. & N.W. Ry., Chicago, Ill.

J165441 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Detroit Publishing Co. No. 072521.

Passenger terminal, Madison St. entrance, C. & N.W. Ry., Chicago, Ill.

Passenger terminal, Madison St. entrance, C. & N.W. Ry., Chicago, Ill.

J165443 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Detroit Publishing Co. No. 072520.

Train concourse, C. & N.W. Ry., Chicago, Ill.

Train concourse, C. & N.W. Ry., Chicago, Ill.

J165519 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Detroit Publishing Co. No. 072526.

Lobby stairs to waiting room and concourses, C. & N.W. Ry., Chicago, Ill.

Lobby stairs to waiting room and concourses, C. & N.W. Ry., Chicago, I...

J165438 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 072523. Copyright by Detroit Publishing Co.

Madison Street vestibule, C. & N.W. Ry., Chicago, Ill.

Madison Street vestibule, C. & N.W. Ry., Chicago, Ill.

J165439 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Detroit Publishing Co. No. 072524.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a railways map, railroads, industrial development, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a railways map, railroads, ...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Painting a car at the repair or "rip" tracks at North Proviso(?), C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

Painting a car at the repair or "rip" tracks at North Proviso(?), C & ...

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John L. Walter, conductor at Proviso yard of the C&NWRR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad. 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

John L. Walter, conductor at Proviso yard of the C&NWRR i.e. Chicago a...

12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

Truck trailers loading and unloading at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Truck trailers loading and unloading at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chic...

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a railway worker, railroad, locomotive repair shop, industrial facility, early 20th-century industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

John Sabados washing up after a day's work at the rip tracks at Proviso yard of C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

John Sabados washing up after a day's work at the rip tracks at Provis...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a railway worker, railroad, locomotive repair shop, industrial facility, early 20th-century industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

General view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso (?) yard, Chicago, Ill

General view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and ...

12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

View of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

View of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Il...

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Train going over the hump at the C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

Train going over the hump at the C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North We...

12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

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

Women workers employed as wipers in the roundhouse having lunch in the...

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

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

C. & N.W. R.R., women wipers employed at the roundhouse cleaning one o...

Photograph probably shows Mrs. Marcella Hart and Mrs. Viola Sievers. Compare to USW36-639. 12002-13. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs i... More

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

Worn tires on locomotive wheels are refaced on this machine in the whe...

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

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

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The regular tracks of the South Yards, at C & NW RR's Proviso (?) yard, Chicago, Ill

The regular tracks of the South Yards, at C & NW RR's Proviso (?) yard...

12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

Women wipers of the Chicago and North Western Railroad cleaning one of...

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

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.

The freight house at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard. In the ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

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Spreading asbestos mixture on boiler of a locomotive at the C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, 40th Street locomotive shops

Spreading asbestos mixture on boiler of a locomotive at the C & NW RR ...

Identification of 40th Street shops confirmed by the source: Flickr Commons project, 2008. Removed notes about Proviso Yards and Melrose Park. Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. 12002-1. Transfer from U.S. O... More

Working on a locomotive at the 40th Street shop of the C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, Chicago, Ill

Working on a locomotive at the 40th Street shop of the C & NW RR i.e. ...

Identification of 40th Street shops confirmed by the source: Flickr Commons project, 2008. Removed notes about Proviso Yards and Melrose Park. Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. 12002-1. Transfer from U.S. O... More

General view of the hump, Chicago and Northwestern i.e. North Western railroad classification yard, Chicago, Ill

General view of the hump, Chicago and Northwestern i.e. North Western ...

Proviso Yards. Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. 12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.p... More

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

A train (or "cut") being pushed out of a receiving yard toward the hum...

12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Prov... More

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

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

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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.) Ordnance plant

Chicago and North Western R.R., Mrs. Thelma Cuvage, working in the san...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a railway worker, railroad, locomotive repair shop, industrial facility, early 20th-century industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Work goes on 24 hours a day at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

Work goes on 24 hours a day at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North West...

12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

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

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

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Truck trailers loading and unloading at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

Truck trailers loading and unloading at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and N...

12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

Tracks at Proviso yard of C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, Chicago, Ill

Tracks at Proviso yard of C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western rai...

12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

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

A general view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, C...

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

Locomotive lubrication chart in the laboratory of the Chicago and Nort...

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Two employees at the roundhouse at Proviso yard, C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, Chicago, Ill

Two employees at the roundhouse at Proviso yard, C & NW RR i.e. Chicag...

12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

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

C. & N.W. R.R., women wipers employed at the roundhouse cleaning one o...

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

General view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

General view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and ...

12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

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 i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad

Section of a locomotive frame, which will be welded to replace a broke...

Identification of 40th Street shops confirmed by the source: Flickr Commons project, 2008. Removed notes about Proviso Yards and Melrose Park. Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. 12002-1. Transfer from U.S. O... More

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

Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill; C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Wes...

12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

A Chicago and Northwestern railroad roundhouse, Chicago, Ill.

A Chicago and Northwestern railroad roundhouse, Chicago, Ill.

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C & NW RR, railroad worker cultivating the small Victory garden in the Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

C & NW RR, railroad worker cultivating the small Victory garden in the...

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, train car, railway, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

Locomotives over the ash pit at the roundhouse and coaling station at ...

12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

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

Switch lists coming in by teletype to the hump office at a Chicago and...

Proviso Yards. Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. 12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.p... More

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

Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill, C&NWRR. William London has been a ra...

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

Working on the boiler of a locomotive at the 40th Street shops of the ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a steam locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

General view of the hump yard at Proviso yard, C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, Chicago, Ill

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

12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

General view of part of classification yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

General view of part of classification yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicag...

12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

Worker inspecting a locomotive on a pit in the roundhouse at the C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

Worker inspecting a locomotive on a pit in the roundhouse at the C & N...

12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

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

Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill, C&NWRR i.e. Chicago and North Wester...

12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

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

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

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Greasing a locomotive at the 40th Street shops of the C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad

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

Identification of 40th Street shops confirmed by the source: Flickr Commons project, 2008. Removed notes about Proviso Yards and Melrose Park. Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. 12002-1. Transfer from U.S. O... More

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

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

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

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

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Frederick Batt, brakeman, on the C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

Frederick Batt, brakeman, on the C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North West...

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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.

A train (or "cut") being pushed out of a receiving yard toward the hum...

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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.

One of the yards of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. On the righ...

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Train pulling out of the freight house at C & NW RR's Proviso Yard, Chicago, Ill.

Train pulling out of the freight house at C & NW RR's Proviso Yard, Ch...

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

A.S. Gerdee, of 3251 Maypole(?) Street, working as a switchman at Prov...

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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.

John L. Walter, conductor at Proviso yard of the C&NWRR. Mr. Walter ha...

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

Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill; C & NW RR; L. Logan, of West Chicago...

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

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

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