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- Galewood Yard: 1943
- April 1943. Galewood Yard of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) at Chicago. View full size (if you don't, you're missing a lot). 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
This was probably one of This was probably one of thephotos ... Posted by Dave - 08/05/2012 - 9:27am -
- Proviso Yard: 1943
- Freight cars in the Proviso Yard of the Chicago & North Western Railroad. April or May 1943. View full size. Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
Yellow Rails The rails that appear to be painted yellow ... Posted by Dave - 09/07/2011 - 9:49pm -
- Proviso Departure: 1943
- ... yards at Chicago & North Western RR's Proviso Yard." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the OWI. View full ... effort.
Proviso Yard Great photo. Amazingly, as railroad locations go this location is remarkably similar today -- Proviso Yard ... Posted by Dave - 07/30/2012 - 10:04pm -
- Amethyst Twilight: 1942
- December 1942. "Proviso departure yard of the Chicago & North Western R.R. at twilight." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano. View full size.
Fantastic Shot Doesn't matter how it ... my ignorance... I've seen a couple photos on Shorpy of railroad yards that have the same light trails like this one. I'm assuming ... Posted by Dave - 12/15/2016 - 8:07pm -
- Maine Train: 1940
- October 1940. "At the railroad terminal in Caribou, Maine." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
The ... say that three times fast ! -- on the eastern edge of the yard, which together with configuration of buildings, suggests the shot was ... Posted by Dave - 11/01/2022 - 12:27pm -
- Twilight Departure: 1942
- ... December 1942. Chicago, Illinois. "View in a departure yard at Chicago & North Western's Proviso yard at twilight. Brakeman is ... -- guess what -- he shoveled coal into a firebox on the railroad in Seattle for his military service. Thank you, Jack Delano, your ... Posted by Dave - 08/30/2012 - 4:45pm -
- Locomotive Lair: 1942
- December 1942. "In the roundhouse at Proviso Yard, Chicago & North Western Railroad. Chicago, Illinois." Nitrate negative by Jack Delano, Office of War ... Posted by Dave - 08/12/2022 - 11:01am -
- Yardman: 1942
- December 1942. "Chicago, Illinois. In the Proviso Yard roundhouse, Chicago & North Western Railroad." Nitrate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. ... Posted by Dave - 08/11/2022 - 5:33pm -
- Pabst Backward: 1943
- ... R.R.: "Pabst Beer sign over the Illinois Central freight yard at South Water Street, Chicago." Kodachrome by Jack Delano. View full ... sound is frequently followed by "aaaaahhhh."
Thirsty Railroad workers on payday I would imagine downed a few of those cold draft ... Posted by Dave - 06/14/2017 - 11:51am -
- California Here I Come: 1943
- ... freight about to leave for the West Coast from the Corwith Yard at Chicago. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack ... at War" which chronicled this trip and also contained many railroad photos from other parts of the country. The book is out of print but ... Posted by Dave - 07/17/2012 - 10:04pm -
- Pabst Over Chicago: 1943
- ... "South Water Street freight depot of the Illinois Central Railroad, Chicago." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano. View full ... to the track. Also, note that several of the cars are on "yard air" in order to test the brakes on each car prior to movement. Finally ... Posted by Dave - 05/07/2017 - 2:11pm -
- L. Logan, Boilermaker: 1942
- ... "L. Logan, of West Chicago, boilermaker at the Proviso Yard roundhouse, Chicago & North Western R.R." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency ... He is found in the 1930 Census and was working for the railroad at the time.
Buy him a beer! I wouldn't mind in the least ... Posted by Dave - 08/06/2012 - 10:58pm -
- Proviso Yard, Chicago: 1942
- December 1942. Classification yard at the Chicago & Northwestern Proviso Yard, Chicago. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
Railyard Technically this railyard is not in Chicago. The ... operate it and did under the watchful eye of various railroad men. If memory is correct there were 9 yards. I did go over the hump ... Posted by Dave - 07/30/2012 - 10:00pm -
- The Red Caboose: 1943
- ... touches on a rebuilt caboose on the rip tracks at Proviso Yard, Chicago. April 1943. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by ... track or tracks in a rail yard where locomotives and/or railroad cars are set out for minor repairs without removing the units from ... Posted by Dave - 07/30/2012 - 10:02pm -
- Locomotive Dreams: 1942
- Roundhouse at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard, Chicago. December 1942. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency ... Posted by Dave - 07/24/2012 - 11:29pm -
- The Hump Office: 1942
- ... to the hump office at a Chicago & North Western railroad yard, Chicago." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of ... Posted by Dave - 01/16/2014 - 6:12pm -
- Trucks Akimbo: 1939
- ... is in really sharp focus.
Great Northern Freight Yard I believe this is one of the freight houses behind the GN depot in ... Station" belonged to the Chicago & North Western Railroad on Fourth Avenue North near First Street. The building still survives, ... Posted by Dave - 09/13/2011 - 8:18pm -
- Proviso Perspective: 1943
- April 1943. "Tracks at Chicago & North Western railroad's Proviso yard, Chicago." Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of War ... Posted by Dave - 06/28/2022 - 4:50pm -
- 40th Street Yard: 1942
- ... sand and water at the coaling station in the 40th Street yard of the Chicago & North Western R.R." Kodachrome transparency by Jack ... "40th Street Yard" might lead one to think that this railroad facility was located on the South Side of Chicago, where all the ... Posted by Dave - 05/19/2017 - 12:24pm -
- Barstow Yard: 1943
- ... General view of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe yard." Photo by Jack Delano, Office of War Information. View full size.
... in the war effort I'm really surprised. Most period railroad photos show huge amounts of foreign road equipment and even in the ... Posted by Dave - 12/21/2012 - 7:49am -
- The Giant Elevator: 1943
- ... in the middle of the Santa Fe Railway's large Argentine Yard in Kansas City, KS. When the Santa Fe's corporate successor decided to ... a large grain elevator located within the Argentine Yard Railroad facility. The elevator was demolished in 1996, the cement foundation ... Posted by Dave - 08/30/2012 - 4:44pm -
- Jim and Jack: 1943
- ... lunch in the caboose on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Waynoka, Oklahoma, and Canadian, Texas." Medium-format nitrate ... in the car, spotted on a designated caboose track in the yard or near engine service areas. Basically you never left your job, and yards ... Posted by Dave - 10/14/2009 - 10:30am -
- The City That Works: 1943
- ... view of part of the South Water Street Illinois Central Railroad freight terminal." View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by ... from the trains.
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South Water Yard and freight house At least some of those tracks were there into the ... Posted by Dave - 07/30/2012 - 10:05pm -
- Second Home: 1943
- ... "Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. The caboose is the conductor's ... family, my father would periodically take me to the yard with him to work. One of the highlights of the trip was reaching for the ... Posted by Dave - 07/08/2014 - 12:39pm -
- One Second Fast: 1943
- ... the telegraph office of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad. The time here changes from Mountain to Pacific time." Medium-format ... eventually displayed in a warehouse in the San Bernardino yard including the two from Seligman. What a sight that was; there were five ... Posted by Dave - 09/05/2012 - 6:06pm -
- Locomotive Dreams: 1942
- ... in the roundhouse at a Chicago and North Western Railroad yard." Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano. View full size.
... Posted by Dave - 05/23/2017 - 12:08pm -
- Pittsburgh: 1941
- ... had a similar wooden staircase from Main Steet over the railroad tracks. When we had to attend church, it was necessary to ascend ... altarpiece, it is more than two yards long and a yard high and took five years to paint. Its central figure, a factory worker, ... Posted by Dave - 12/22/2018 - 11:03am -
- Westbound Freight: 1943
- ... westbound freight along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad." Medium-format safety negative by Jack Delano, Office of War ... and crew would back down from Edelstein to the Chillicothe Yard. This line is double tracked. Besides the engine crew, the helper would ... Posted by Dave - 09/05/2012 - 6:08pm -
- Chicago Noir: 1942
- ... twenty-four hours a day at this Chicago and North Western Railroad yard." View full size. Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Office ... Posted by Dave - 09/06/2011 - 1:38pm -
- Emporia Junction: 1943
- ... the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe train pulls into the yard." Medium-format negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. ... and levers, called piping, to control the position of a railroad switch or signal up to half a mile away. This piping can be seen ... Posted by Dave - 12/06/2014 - 1:28pm -
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