... 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 YardRailroad facility. The elevator was demolished in 1996, the cement foundation ...
... 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 ...
... view of part of the South Water Street Illinois Central Railroad freight terminal." View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by ... from the trains.
[Soot. - Dave]
South Water Yard and freight house At least some of those tracks were there into the ...
... "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 ...
... 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 ...
... westbound freight along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad." Medium-format safety negative by JackDelano, 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 ...
... had a similar wooden staircase from Main Street 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, ...
... the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe train pulls into the yard." Medium-format negative by JackDelano 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 ...
... his caboose. He works on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad out of San Bernardino." With what looks like another set of those ... View full size.
The Santa Fe "Hump Yard" Barstow is home to a Hump Yard, a bunch of tracks used for ...
... 1942. "Chicago. Looking toward the north classification yard and retarder operator's tower at an Illinois Central railroadyard." Medium-format negative by JackDelano for the Office of War ...
... size.
Wow This is EXACTLY how I want my model railroad to look like!
yep I toatally agree execept mine will be built ... earplugs on our pillows. Necessary, because of the train yard immediately behind the hotel.
The hotel was almost torn down, and the ...
... crew of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad taking up track. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by ... in the foreground, they are apparently removing several yard tracks.
(The Gallery, Kodachromes, JackDelano, Railroads) ...
... the smell and sounds of welders, grinders and torches in a railroadyard though. Especially one having been in existence for over 100 years. Kind ...
... November 1942. "Chicago, Illinois. South classification yard seen from retarder operators' tower at an Illinois Central Railroadyard." Medium format nitrate negative by JackDelano for the Office of ...
December 1942. "General view of a classification yard at the Chicago & North Western RR's Proviso Yard." View full size. ... Plus there are 1,600 Google hits for Southern Central Railroad . - Dave]
Chicago and NW'ern Pic Getting back to the ...
... train about to leave the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe yard on the return trip." Medium-format nitrate negative by JackDelano for the ... Kromer, an engineer for the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, decided that there was not available a single cap of quality ...
May 1943. Bensenville, Illinois. "Bensenville yard of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad. Track repair and work on the cinder pits at the roundhouse." 4x5 ...
... & P. R.R. [Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad], general view of part of the yard." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by JackDelano for the Office of War ...
... "Freight train operations on the Chicago and North Western Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. The train rushing through the town ... is eastbound through Elmhurst, probably entering Proviso Yard. The tall bank building and other buildings can be seen on streetview. ...
... a block signal along the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad." Photo by JackDelano. View full size.
Arm up? Isn't the ... (and the diverging branch at the wye) in blue, the yard or auxiliary track that the steamer is on in green and the middle track, ...
... down the mountain on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad between Barstow and San Bernardino." Medium-format negative by Jack ... signals while shoving into the darkness of the Airline yard.
As usual, Delano’s composition is near perfect, and the detail ...
... Proviso yardmaster's office, Chicago & North Western Railroad. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by JackDelano. ... shoes (a great shine) he must not have gotten out in the yard a lot. Love the pix.
Coffee Can Look in the coffee can on the ...
... course.
Marcella's ticker I'll bet there's a railroad pocket watch in her upper right coverall pocket attached to the denim ... change. I work on diesel locomotives in the Morris Park yard of the Long Island RR. The steam engines are gone, as are the wipers, but ...
... in the work shanty at an Indiana Harbor Belt Line rail yard. With him are switchmen John McCarthy (left) and E.H. Albrecht." ... you alive. The last thing you want to wear in a working railroadyard is loose fitting clothing that could catch on something, causing ...
... and Clinton, Iowa. The train going through Clinton to the yard two miles beyond." Photo by JackDelano, Office of War Information. View ... about two years ago.
Depot details Clinton Iowa, Railroad Town
Many photos and info about the depots and railroads that ...
... "Mike Evans, a welder, at the rip tracks of the Proviso Yard, Chicago & North Western R.R." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack ... what make me almost enjoy waking up and heading out to my railroad job each day!
RIP Rip = Repair In Place -- A yard track where ...