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Blue Train: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 12/12/2007 - 1:43am.
December 1942. Train going over the hump at the Chicago & North Western Proviso Yard. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
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Making the Trains Run: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 12/03/2007 - 6:55pm.
December 1942. A young worker at the Chicago & North Western 40th Street shops. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
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Tower B: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 11/30/2007 - 2:50am.
May 1943. Melrose Park, Ill. Chicago & North Western towerman R.W. Mayberry of Elmhurst at the Proviso Yard. He operates a set of retarders and switches at the hump. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
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The Kodachrome Hills: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 11/15/2007 - 5:51pm.
May 1943. "Nearly exhausted sulfur vat from which railroad cars are loaded. Freeport Sulphur Company at Hoskins Mound, Texas." View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by John Vachon, Office of War Information.
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Calumet Park: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 11/04/2007 - 2:06pm.
January 1943. Indiana Harbor Belt switch engine near Calumet Park stockyards at Calumet City, Ill. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
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Serve in Silence: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 11/03/2007 - 8:07pm.
December 1942. A winter afternoon in the North Proviso yardmaster's office, Chicago & North Western Railroad. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano. Click here for a closeup of the poster on the wall.
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Polar Express: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 10/27/2007 - 1:37am.
December 1942. Proviso classification yard of the Chicago & North Western Railroad. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
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