1943 Illinois Centrail Rail Yard
Trucks unloading at the inbound freight house of the Illinois Central Railroad, South Water Street freight terminal, Chicago, Ill. (Wrigley Building and Tribune Tower in background).
333 North Michigan from Illinois Railroad Freight yard
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 th... More
A Chicago and Northwestern railroad roundhouse 1a34621v
Title: A Chicago and Northwestern railroad roundhouse, Chicago, Ill.
A completely overhauled engine on the transfer table 1a34735v
Title: A completely overhauled engine on the transfer table at the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad locomotive shops, Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is now ready to go into service
A completely overhauled engine on the transfer table at the Atchison, ...
Title: A completely overhauled engine on the transfer table at the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad locomotive shops, Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is now ready to go into service
A east bound Union Pacific railroad freight train waiting in a siding,...
Title: 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 ... More
A freight train stopping for coal and water at a siding enroute to Gal...
Title: A freight train stopping for coal and water at a siding enroute to Gallup, New Mexico, near Laguna, N.M.
A general view of a classification yard at C & NW RR1a34637v
Title: 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 1a34622v
Title: A general view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.
A train being pushed over the hump at the Proviso yard 1a34634v
Title: A train being pushed over the hump at the Proviso yard, C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.
A train (or cut) being pushed out of a receiving yard toward the hump ...
Title: 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 pulling out of the freight house at C & NW RR1a34639v
Title: A train pulling out of the freight house at C & NW RR's Proviso(?) yard, Chicago, Ill.
A welder who works in the round-house at the Chicago and Northwestern ...
Title: A welder who works in the round-house at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad's Proviso yard
A welder who works in the round-house at the Chicago and Northwestern ...
Title: A welder who works in the round-house at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad's Proviso yard
A welder who works in the round-house at the Chicago and Northwestern ...
A welder who works in the round-house at the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company's Proviso yard. Chicago, Illinois, December 1942.
A worker in the roundhouse at the C & NW RR1a34598v
Title: A worker in the roundhouse at the C & NW RR., Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.
A young worker at the C & NW RR1a34599v
Title: A young worker at the C & NW RR 40th Street shops, Chicago, Ill.
A.S. Gerdee, of 3251 Maypole Street, working as a switchman at Proviso...
Title: A.S. Gerdee, of 3251 Maypole(?) Street, working as a switchman at Proviso yard of C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.
Activity in the Santa Fe R.R. yard, Los Angeles, Calif. 1a34703v
Title: 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 b... More
Activity in the Santa Fe R.R. yard, Los Angeles, Calif. 1a34704v
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 paths of loc... More
After the ore is weighed in the Hewlett machine 1a34826v
Title: After the ore is weighed in the "Hewlett" [i.e. "Hulett"] machine it is dropped in the waiting hopper cars below; Pennsylvania R.R. iron ore docks, Cleveland, Ohio
Amarillo Rail Yard 1942a
ATSF rail yard in Amarillo, Texas. Photographic negative copied from a Kodachrome transparency. Photo cropped from original.
American Refrigerator Transit Company 8d27616v
Title: San Bernardino, California. Data on a car of the American Refrigerator Transit Company (Cropped by the uploader) Creator(s): Delano, Jack, photographer Date Created/Published: 1943 Mar. Medium: 1 negativ... More
Apparatus used at the laboratory at the C & NW RR 1a34611v
Title: 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.
At the Santa Fe R.R. tie plant, Albuquerque1a34734v
Title: At the Santa Fe R.R. tie plant, Albuquerque, N[ew] Mex[ico]. The ties made of pine and fir, are seasoned for eight months. The steaming black ties in the center have just come from the retort where they... More
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad conductor George E. Burton and...
Title: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad conductor George E. Burton and engineer J.W. Edwards comparing time before pulling out of Corwith railroad yard for Chillicothe, Illinois; Chicago, Ill.
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad conductor George E. Burton and...
Delano, Jack,, photographer. Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad conductor George E. Burton and engineer J.W. Edwards comparing time before pulling out of Corwith railroad yard for Chillicothe, Illinois; Ch... More
ATSF 115 DL 1943
Winslow, Arizona. Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad diesel freight locomotive which has just come out of the roundhouse.
ATSF 4000
Servicing engines at coal and sand chutes at Argentine yard, Santa Fe R.R., Kansas City, Kansas.
ATSF 5000 Madam Queen
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway 2-10-4 steam locomotive #5000 "Madame Queen" waiting in a siding to meet an eastbound train. Ricardo, New Mexico, March 1943. Deutsch: Dampflokomotive (Achsfolge 2-10-4) 50... More
ATSF 3266 2
Santa Fe RR freight train about to leave for the West Coast from Corwith yard, Chicago, Ill., Santa Fe R.R. trip
ATSF 3266
Santa Fe R.R. freight train about to leave for the West Coast from Corwith yard, Chicago, Ill.
ATSF DL Train 1943
Sibley, Missouri. Passing one of the American Locomotive Company DL-109 diesel passenger locomotives of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad
ATSF Diesel locomotive cab 1943
Winslow, Arizona. Engineer George Bertino in the cab of his diesel freight engine, ready to pull out of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad yard
ATSF Boxcar El Capitan 1943
San Bernardino, California. A freight car of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
ATSF DL in Kansas
Washing one of the Santa Fe R.R. 5,400 horse power EMD FT diesel freight locomotives in the roundhouse, Argentine, Kansas. Argentine yard is at Kansas City, Kansas
ATSF Doodle Bug 1943
Isleta, New Mexico. Engineer of a passenger train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad picking up a message passed to him by the agent, by hand. This diesel train called the "Doodle Bug" makes all local stops
ATSF rail detector car 1943
Kiowa, Kansas. An Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail detector car. These cars are actually traveling scientific instruments, which not only detect faulty rails but also record the place and extent of the defect
ATSF SL
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad conductor George E. Burton and engineer J.W. Edwards comparing time before pulling out of Corwith railroad yard for Chillicothe, Illinois; Chicago, Ill.
Atsf2-10-4
Vaughn, New Mexico. One of the 5000 Class Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway freight locomotives about to leave on the run to Clovis, New Mexico. CALL NUMBER: LC-USW3- 020409-D [P&P] 1943 Mar. Note: The... More
ATSF Super Chief
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
ATSF the Chief 1943
Summit (vicinity), California. Passing an eastbound passenger train, the Chief, while coming down the mountain on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Barstow and San Bernardino, California
Barstow, California. A general view of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa ...
Barstow, California. A general view of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad yard
Belt Railway, looking toward the west yard of clearing yard, taken fro...
Belt Railway of Chicago, looking toward the west yard of clearing yard, taken from bridge of hump, Chicago, Illinois. Notes: Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. The black-and-white photos of this scene were ... More
Belt Railway, looking toward the west yard of clearing yard1a34692v
Summary: Photo shows the clearing yard at the Belt Railway Company of Chicago, taken from a structure above the hump tracks. (Source: Flickr Commons project and Bill Gustason, Chicago Area Rail Junctions, Hayf... More
Belt Railway, looking toward the west yard of clearing yard1a34691v
Summary: Photo shows the clearing yard at the Belt Railway Company of Chicago, taken from a structure above the hump tracks. (Source: Flickr Commons project and Bill Gustason, Chicago Area Rail Junctions, Hayf... More
Barstow, California. A general view of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa ...
Barstow, California. A general view of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad yard
Blacksmith shop, railroad, Topeka (cropped)
Working with a small steam drop hammer at the blacksmith shop. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway shops located in Topeka, Kansas, US.
Blacksmith shop, railroad, Topeka
Working with a small steam drop hammer at the blacksmith shop. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway shops located in Topeka, Kansas, US.
C & NW RR Caboose 12010
Caboose on the caboose track at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.
C & NW RR Caboose 12432
C & NW RR, putting the finishing touches on a rebuilt caboose at the rip tracks at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.
C & NW RR, a general view of a classification yard at Proviso Yard 1a3...
Title: C & NW RR, a general view of a classification yard at Proviso Yard, Chicago, Ill.
C & NW RR, railroad worker cultivating the small Victory garden1a34683...
Title: C & NW RR, railroad worker cultivating the small Victory garden in the Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.
C & NW RR, working on a locomotive at the 40th Street railroad shops1a...
Title: C & NW RR, working on a locomotive at the 40th Street railroad shops, Chicago, Ill.
C & NW RR, tank cars going over the hump1a34686v
Title: C & NW RR, tank cars going over the hump at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.
C & NW RR, railroad workers cultivating a little Victory garden1a34684...
Title: C & NW RR, railroad workers cultivating a little Victory garden at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.
C & NW RR; locomotives in the roundhouse at Proviso yard1a34677v
Title: C & NW RR; locomotives in the roundhouse at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.
C&NW 400 Locomotive 1942
Chicago, Illinois. One of the Chicago and North Western Railway's E-4 class "400" fleet of locomotives lined up for coal and water at a coaling station.
C&NW coaling station 1942
Locomotives over the ash pit at the roundhouse and coaling station at the Chicago and North Western Railway yards, Chicago, Illinois.
C and N RR Chicago
General view of Proviso Yard, one of the classification yards of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, Chicago, Illinois.
C&NWRR, towerman R.W. Mayberry of Elmhurst, Ill.1a34682v
Title: C&NWRR, towerman R.W. Mayberry of Elmhurst, Ill., at the Proviso yard. He operates a set of retarders and switches at the hump, Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill.
C&NWRR Proviso yard fsac.1a34627u
General view of the hump yard at Proviso yard, C & NW RR., Chicago, Illinois.
C. & N.W. R.R. Cloe Weaver 1a34799v
Title: 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
C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Elibia Siematter 1a34802v
Title: C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Elibia Siematter, employed as a sweeper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa
C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Dorothy Lucke1a34798v
Title: C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Dorothy Lucke, employed as a wiper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa
C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Elibia Siematter1a34803v
Title: C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Elibia Siematter, working as a sweeper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa
C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Irene Bracker 1a34800v
Title: C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Irene Bracker, mother of two children, employed at the roundhouse as a wiper, Clinton, Iowa
C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Marcella Hart 1a34801v
Title: C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Marcella Hart, mother of three children, employed as a wiper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa
C. & N.W. R.R., women wipers 1a34805v
Summary: Photograph probably shows Mrs. Marcella Hart and Mrs. Viola Sievers. Compare to USW36-639.
C. & N.W. R.R., women wipers 1a34806v
Summary: Photograph shows Marcella Hart at left, Mrs. Elibia Siematter at right.
C. M. St. P. & P. R.R., general view of part of Galewood yard1a34816v
Title: C. M. St. P. & P. R.R., general view of part of Galewood yard, Chicago, Ill.
C. M. St. P. & P. R.R., general view of part of the yard1a34809v
Title: C. M. St. P. & P. R.R., general view of part of the yard, Bensenville, Ill.
C. M. St. P. & P. R.R., general view of part of the yard1a34810v
Title: C. M. St. P. & P. R.R., general view of part of the yard, Bensenville, Ill.
C. M. St. P. & P. R.R., general view of part of the yard1a34811v
Title: C. M. St. P. & P. R.R., general view of part of the yard, Bensenville, Ill.
Caboose on the caboose track at C & NW RR1a34665v
Title: Caboose on the caboose track at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.
Cajon Pass cut with Santa Fe steam train
A section of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway track on Cajon Pass with a Santa Fe train in the distance in March 1943. Photo by Jack Delano, Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information (FSA-OWI).
Car jacked up for repairs on the repair tracks, North Proviso1a34640v
Title: Car jacked up for repairs on the repair tracks, North Proviso, C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.
Caribou-bar 1940
At the railroad terminal in Caribou, Maine
Central Vermont station in Norwich, November 1940
Norwich station on the Central Vermont Railway in November 1940. This station is a portion of the former Union Station, cut down in 1939.
Chicago and North Western R.R., Mrs. Thelma Cuvage1a34796v
Title: 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'... More
Chicago and North Western Railway?
Locomotive in a railroad yard, Chicago and North Western Railway, near Chicago, Ill.(?)
Chicago and Northwestern railroad locomotive shop fsac.1a34676u reproc...
Chicago and North Western Railway locomotive shops, Chicago, Ill.
Chicago and Northwestern railroad locomotive shop fsac.1a34676u-BW
Chicago and North Western Railway locomotive shops, Chicago, Ill.
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad 470
Cleaning an engine near the roundhouse, C. M. St. P. & P. R.R., Bensenville, Ill. Milwaukee Road 470 was class L2-b 2-8-2 built by Baldwin in 1923
Cleaning out switches on a cold winter day at the clearing yard 2
Chicago, Illinois. Cleaning out switches on a cold winter day at the clearing yard. Belt Railway Company of Chicago.
Cleaning an engine near the roundhouse, C. M. St. P. & P. R.R.1a34814v
Title: Cleaning an engine near the roundhouse, C. M. St. P. & P. R.R., Bensenville, Ill.
CNW Streamliners
Chicago and Northwestern Railway locomotive shop at Proviso Yard, near Chicago, Illinois. Several early streamliners are there, including one of M-10003 through 6 and what looks like several early E-units. On... More
CNW yard, Chicago
A railroad yard in Chicago, Illinois, (Proviso Yard) operated by the Chicago and North Western Railway.
CNWRIP Tracks
General view of part of the rip tracks at Chicago and North Western Railway Company's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.
Commuters, who have just come off the train 1a33849v
Commuters wait for a bus at Union Station (Middlesex Street station) in Lowell, Massachusetts in January 1941
Commuters, who have just come off the train 1a33849v (cropped)
Commuters wait for a bus at Union Station (Middlesex Street station) in Lowell, Massachusetts in January 1941
Commuters, who have just come off the train, waiting for the bus to go...
Title: Commuters, who have just come off the train, waiting for the bus to go home, Lowell, Mass. Abstract/medium: 1 slide : color.
Cropped Flickr - …trialsanderrors - Jack Delano, The end of the trip, ...
Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. The conductor standing on the caboose platform is ready to hop off as the train passes the yard office at th... More
D&RGW Royal Gorge Logo
San Bernardino, California. A sign on a car of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Dand H logo car
Title: San Bernardino, California. An emblem on a freight car of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad Creator(s): Delano, Jack, photographer Date Created/Published: 1943 Mar. Medium: 1 negative : nitrate ;... More
Daniel Anastazia, blacksmith's helper at the roundhouse of the Rock Is...
Title: Daniel Anastazia, blacksmith's helper at the roundhouse of the Rock Island R.R., Blue Island, Ill.
Daniel Anastazia, blacksmith's helper, Rock Island R.R.1a34795v
Title: Daniel Anastazia, blacksmith's helper, Rock Island R.R., Blue Island, Ill.
Daniel Senise throwing a switch while at work in an Indiana Harbor Bel...
Title: Daniel Senise [Sinise] throwing a switch while at work in an Indiana Harbor Belt Line railroad yard