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Brakeman H. L. Duffield, watching the train from the window in the cupola of the caboose on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Emporia and Wellington, Kansas

Brakeman H. L. Duffield, watching the train from the window in the cup...

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Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad. Brakeman L.E. Capsey preparing a meal in the caboose enroute to Gallup, New Mexico

Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad. Brakeman L.E. Capsey preparin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Yampai, Arizona. Brakeman and the conductor inspecting the train during a stop on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Seligman, Arizona and Needles, California

Yampai, Arizona. Brakeman and the conductor inspecting the train durin...

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

Miami, Texas. On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Canadian, Texas and Amarillo, Texas. Rear brakeman running back to train as it gets ready to start again after having taken water

Miami, Texas. On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Ca...

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Cajon, California. Swing brakeman riding on top of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad train. Brakemen ride the trains in this way during the entire descent from Summit to San Bernardino

Cajon, California. Swing brakeman riding on top of the Atchison, Topek...

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As darkness approaches, brakeman M. H. Burdette lights his markers and gets them ready to hang on the rear end of the caboose on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Chillicothe, Illinois and Fort Madison, Iowa

As darkness approaches, brakeman M. H. Burdette lights his markers and...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a worker, construction, carpenter, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Brakeman Jack W. Torbet preparing lunch on the caboose on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Waynoka, Oklahoma and Canadian, Texas

Brakeman Jack W. Torbet preparing lunch on the caboose on the Atchison...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Verona, Illinois. The brakeman gives the highball sign after the train on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Chicago and Chillicothe, Illinois

Verona, Illinois. The brakeman gives the highball sign after the train...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sumnerfield, Texas. Brakeman running back to his train at the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Amarillo, Texas and Clovis, New Mexico, as it is ready to start again, after having waited in a siding

Sumnerfield, Texas. Brakeman running back to his train at the Atchison...

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

Utah Copper: Bingham Mine. Brakeman of an ore train at the open-pit mining operations of Utah Copper Company, at Bingham Canyon, Utah

Utah Copper: Bingham Mine. Brakeman of an ore train at the open-pit mi...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conductor James M. Johnson and brakeman Jack Torbet of Waynoka, Oklahoma having lunch in the caboose on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Waynoka, Oklahoma and Canadian, Texas

Conductor James M. Johnson and brakeman Jack Torbet of Waynoka, Oklaho...

Picryl description: Public domain image of people, meeting, eating, drinking, food, beverage, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. Everything is clear and the head brakeman gives engineer the "high ball" or signal to start

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

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Ricardo, New Mexico. Head brakeman Thomas H. Knight on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Clovis and Vaughn, New Mexico

Ricardo, New Mexico. Head brakeman Thomas H. Knight on the Atchison, T...

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

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. Every time a train is passed, the rear brakeman of each train steps out on the caboose platform, and if all is well, as in this case, gives the other brakeman the high sign

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

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

Brakeman on the Challenger. Nevada

Brakeman on the Challenger. Nevada

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Utah Copper: Bingham Mine. Brakeman of an ore train at the open-pit mining operations of Utah Copper Company, at Bingham Canyon, Utah

Utah Copper: Bingham Mine. Brakeman of an ore train at the open-pit mi...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a truck, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. Every time a train is passed, the rear brakeman of each train steps out on the caboose platform, and if all is well, as in this case, gives the other brakeman the high sign

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Rear brakeman checking air in each car as part of his inspections before a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad train pulls out

Chicago, Illinois. Rear brakeman checking air in each car as part of h...

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Wellington, Kansas. An Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad crew posing in front of their engine before pulling out of Wellington for Waynoka, Oklahoma. Left to right: D.C. Quivey, head brakeman; D.B. Wallingford, conductor; B.F. Hale, engineer; and fireman Walker

Wellington, Kansas. An Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad crew pos...

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Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. Mr. William Stroscheim, of Chicago, head brakeman

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a worker, construction, carpenter, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Belen, New Mexico. A brakeman on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad C.G. Kirkland getting off the caboose

Belen, New Mexico. A brakeman on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rai...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gibson, Indiana. All the facilities of the railroad YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) including the washroom, are in use at all hours of the day and night because of the 'round the clock work of railroad men. This brakeman is washing up before going to sleep at 4 p.m. He will go to work at midnight

Gibson, Indiana. All the facilities of the railroad YMCA (Young Men's ...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Madison, Iowa. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad conductor R. Byers and brakeman M.H. Burdette of Chillicothe, Illinois, spend the night in a caboose after a day's run

Fort Madison, Iowa. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad conductor R...

Public domain photograph of America during the Great Depression, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Miami, Texas. On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Canadian, Texas and Amarillo, Texas. Brakeman C. B. Masable, waiting for the train to start after it has taken water

Miami, Texas. On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Ca...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ash Fork, Arizona. A brakeman closing the retainer on a car in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad yard

Ash Fork, Arizona. A brakeman closing the retainer on a car in the Atc...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Clinton, Iowa. Jim Cross, brakeman, visiting Clarence Averill, another brakeman on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. He has to watch the time because he goes to work at midnight

Clinton, Iowa. Jim Cross, brakeman, visiting Clarence Averill, another...

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Barstow, California. Brakeman, Charles M. Dawes, being wakened to go to work by the caller at the reading room in the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad yard

Barstow, California. Brakeman, Charles M. Dawes, being wakened to go t...

Public domain photograph - California, United States, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Barstow, California. A brakeman on the Atchison, Topkea and Santa Fe Railroad resting in his caboose at night

Barstow, California. A brakeman on the Atchison, Topkea and Santa Fe R...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a train engine, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train engine, West Virginia. Farm Securit...

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

Rear brakeman standing with a flag behind his train while he waits for a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad passenger train to go by. When it has passed, the freight can get on the main line

Rear brakeman standing with a flag behind his train while he waits for...

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

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana. The train stops for a signal and brakeman Zerkel stands beyond it flagging a train coming up from behind

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago...

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Cajon, California. Swing brakeman riding on top of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad train. Brakemen ride the trains in this way during the entire descent from Summit to San Bernardino

Cajon, California. Swing brakeman riding on top of the Atchison, Topek...

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

Cajon, California. Swing brakeman riding on top of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad train. Brakemen ride the trains in this way during the entire descent from Summit to San Bernardino

Cajon, California. Swing brakeman riding on top of the Atchison, Topek...

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

Ludlow, California. Brakeman hanging up a hooded marker as the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe train approaches

Ludlow, California. Brakeman hanging up a hooded marker as the Atchiso...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Brakeman riding an engine to his place of work in the yard

Chicago, Illinois. Brakeman riding an engine to his place of work in t...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s train station, train car, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. After a short wait to let a passenger train go by, the train starts up again and the rear brakeman gives his OK signal as he hops on the caboose

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana. After the delivery to the Erie railroad, the crew heads back. The caboose will now be going in the opposite direction so rear brakeman Zerkel changes the signal lights to the other end

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Fort Madison, Iowa (Shopton). Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad passenger brakeman Francis H. Moran of Galesburg, Illinois registering for a bed at the reading room

Fort Madison, Iowa (Shopton). Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad p...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wellington, Kansas. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe engine crew checking in after a day's run. Left to right: brakeman W.I. Pace; fireman Edward L. Hicks; and engineer J.B. Aubuchon. Note blackboard showing participation of railroad men in war ond campaign

Wellington, Kansas. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe engine crew checking...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rear brakeman George Clark having his lunch in the cupola of the caboose on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad, between Marceline, Missouri and Argentine, Kansas. The bottle contains hot coffee

Rear brakeman George Clark having his lunch in the cupola of the caboo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of people, meeting, eating, drinking, food, beverage, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana. The crew leaves with instructions to pick up a train. It is a cold winter day and the first thing the brakeman Zerkel does is to build a good fire in the stove

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Brakeman Jack W. Torbet of Waynoka, Oklahoma washing dishes after having had lunch in the caboose on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad enroute to Canadian, Texas between Waynoka, Oklahoma and Canadian, Texas

Brakeman Jack W. Torbet of Waynoka, Oklahoma washing dishes after havi...

Public domain photograph of kitchen, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Walter V. Dew, rear brakeman, on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Chicago and Chillicothe, Illinois, watching the train from the cupola

Walter V. Dew, rear brakeman, on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Ra...

Picryl description: Public domain image of passengers, mass transit, transportation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Barstow, California. Brakeman Thurston H. Lee, (whose home is in Chicago) going to bed at the reading room in Barstow, California. This room has been converted from a billiard room into a dormitory at the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad yard

Barstow, California. Brakeman Thurston H. Lee, (whose home is in Chica...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Clinton, Iowa. Rear brakeman Clarence Averill (right) goes over to the bowling alley in the evening with friends. Left to right: Lester Stein, a passenger brakeman on a streamliner; Jim Cross, a freight brakeman; and Miss Lucille Disher, who runs the boarding house where they all stay when in Clinton. The other woman is the proprietress of the bowling alley. That night was ladies night, so there was no bowling for the men. Instead, they had beer and talked

Clinton, Iowa. Rear brakeman Clarence Averill (right) goes over to the...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dahinda, Illinois. A coupling pin jumps loose and the rear brakeman goes back to flag any oncoming trains on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Chillicothe, Illinois and Fort Madison, Iowa

Dahinda, Illinois. A coupling pin jumps loose and the rear brakeman go...

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

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.

Long Island Railroad women trainmen, back from their first run, escorting one of their instructors, Brakeman I.C. Potter, who carries flagcase and lanterns, termed "jewelry" by railroaders

Long Island Railroad women trainmen, back from their first run, escort...

Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Brakeman H.B. Van Santford riding on top of the caboose as the train on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad goes down from Summit to San Bernardino, California. The swing and head brakeman also ride on top of the cars for the entire distance

Brakeman H.B. Van Santford riding on top of the caboose as the train o...

Public domain photograph - California, United States, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Barstow, California. Brakeman, Charles M. Dawes, registering at the reading room in the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad yard

Barstow, California. Brakeman, Charles M. Dawes, registering at the re...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Belen, New Mexico. A brakeman on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad C.G. Kirkland getting off the caboose

Belen, New Mexico. A brakeman on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rai...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. Rear brakeman Clarence Averill

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man smoking a cigarette. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man smoking a cigarette. Office of War In...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Emporia, Kansas. Brakeman H.L. Duffield, giving the "highball" as the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe train between Emporia and Wellington pulls out of the yard

Emporia, Kansas. Brakeman H.L. Duffield, giving the "highball" as the ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rear brakeman gets on the caboose and signals engineer that all's well at the rear end of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad freight train

Rear brakeman gets on the caboose and signals engineer that all's well...

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

Brakeman on the Challenger. Nevada

Brakeman on the Challenger. Nevada

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

Anaconda, Montana. Brakeman of the Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railroad which transports ore from the mines at Butte to the smelter at Anaconda

Anaconda, Montana. Brakeman of the Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railroa...

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Chicago, Illinois. Brakeman going on the late afternoon shift, waiting to hop an engine to take him to his place of work in an Illinois Central Railraod yard

Chicago, Illinois. Brakeman going on the late afternoon shift, waiting...

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Chicago, Illinois. Brakeman waiting to hop an engine at an Illinois Central Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Brakeman waiting to hop an engine at an Illinois Ce...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Barstow, California. Head brakeman J.C. Shannon (left) and swing brakeman, B.E. Wilson, waiting for their train to pull out of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad yard

Barstow, California. Head brakeman J.C. Shannon (left) and swing brake...

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Rear brakeman inspects train and releases all handbrakes before train pulls out of Proviso yard for Clinton, Iowa (on a trip aboard a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad (C&NWRR) freight train)

Rear brakeman inspects train and releases all handbrakes before train ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Argentine, Kansas. A brakeman checking the car numbers of his Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe train before pulling out of the railroad yard between Argentine and Emporia, Kansas

Argentine, Kansas. A brakeman checking the car numbers of his Atchison...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Walter V. Dew, rear brakeman, on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Chicago and Chillicothe, Illinois, watching the train from the cupola

Walter V. Dew, rear brakeman, on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Ra...

Public domain photograph of attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wellington, Kansas. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe crew studying call board showing crew assigned to various trains. Left to right: engineer J.B. Aubuchon; brakeman W.I. Pace; and fireman Edward L. Hicks

Wellington, Kansas. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe crew studying call b...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Porters, conductor, and brakeman at Union Station

Chicago, Illinois. Porters, conductor, and brakeman at Union Station

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Yard brakeman oiling locomotive, Elkins, West Virginia

Yard brakeman oiling locomotive, Elkins, West Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. The rear brakeman signals the engineer to apply and release the brakes as a test. This is the "release" sign

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

Public domain image of Chicago city buildings, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

On arriving at the yard, the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad freight train is left in the receiving yard and the engine is taken to the roundhouse. On its way over there, they stop to let the conductor and brakeman off to go home

On arriving at the yard, the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad freight...

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

A diesel freight train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Winslow and Seligman, Arizona going down the mountains from Supai to Ash Fork, Arizona, a drop of about 1600 feet. A brakeman is riding on the top of the car. He stays on as far as Ash Fork, to operate the retainers

A diesel freight train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad b...

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

Conductor (right) and brakeman, in their places in the cupola of the caboose on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Argentine and Emporia, Kansas. On the wall between them is the air gauge showing the amount of air brake pressure in the train

Conductor (right) and brakeman, in their places in the cupola of the c...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Kansas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joilet, Illinois. Conductor giving the brakeman the signal to apply and release the brakes before the train leaves on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe

Joilet, Illinois. Conductor giving the brakeman the signal to apply an...

Public domain photograph of train car, engine, locomotive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. Mr. Clarence Averill, rear brakeman

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a worker, construction, carpenter, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana. Lee High, the head brakeman

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Engineer and brakeman in railroad yards, Elkins, West Virginia

Engineer and brakeman in railroad yards, Elkins, West Virginia

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

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Use of a former Pullman car plant for the prefabrication of many sections used in the ships being built at a nearby yard means the saving of many valuable months in our shipbuilding program. This man is a brakeman on a train carrying assembled sections from the plant to the yard. All parts are prefabricated in this huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flat cars. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Use of a former Pullman car plant for t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, industrial facility, mining industry, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a train conductor. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a train conductor. Office of War Informatio...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana. As soon as darkness begins to fall, rear brakeman Louis Zerkel hangs out the red lantern

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago...

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Clinton, Iowa. Lester Stein, a passenger brakeman visiting his friend Clarence Averill, a freight brakeman. Both are staying at the same rooming house
Waynoka, Oklahoma. Brakeman Jack Torbet, sitting at the window of the caboose pulling out of Waynoka, Oklahoma on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad

Waynoka, Oklahoma. Brakeman Jack Torbet, sitting at the window of the ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Vaughn, New Mexico. Head brakeman Thomas H. Knight of Clovis, New Mexico about to leave Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad yard on the return trip

Vaughn, New Mexico. Head brakeman Thomas H. Knight of Clovis, New Mexi...

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Chicago, Illinois. Rear brakeman checking air in each car as part of his inspections before a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad train pulls out

Chicago, Illinois. Rear brakeman checking air in each car as part of h...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s train station, train car, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Rear brakeman hanging out signal lamps on the caboose before a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad train pulls out

Chicago, Illinois. Rear brakeman hanging out signal lamps on the caboo...

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Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana. All during a detour over territory not belonging to this road, caused by a derailment at Calumet City, brakeman Lee High stays atop the caboose to be ready to signal the engineer

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Brakeman standing with a flag, waiting for a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad fast passenger train to go by so that his train can get on the main line in Illinois

Brakeman standing with a flag, waiting for a Chicago and Northwestern ...

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

Freight operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. The rear brakeman signals the engineer to test the brakes by applying and releasing them. This is the signal for "apply"

Freight operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Ch...

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

Clinton, Iowa. Clarence Averill, brakeman, washing and changing his clothes. He keeps a clean suit at the rooming house all the time and brings a clean shirt with him when he makes a trip
A black and white photo of a man standing at the door of a train. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man standing at the door of a train. Offi...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of two men sitting on a bed. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of two men sitting on a bed. Office of War Inf...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. The rear brakeman hops on as the train starts again after waiting for a passenger train to go by

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

Public domain photograph of a motel, camp, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Acomita, New Mexico. Brakeman R.E. Capsey repacking a journal box of a special car as the train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Belen and Gallup, New Mexico waits on a siding

Acomita, New Mexico. Brakeman R.E. Capsey repacking a journal box of a...

Public domain photograph of village home, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. The head brakeman

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

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Tolar, New Mexico. Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad train between Clovis and Vaughn, New Mexico stopping for water. A brakeman walking the length of the train for inspection

Tolar, New Mexico. Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad train betwe...

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

Cajon, California. Swing brakeman riding on top of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad train. Brakeman ride the trains in this way during the entire descent from summit to San Bernardino

Cajon, California. Swing brakeman riding on top of the Atchison, Topek...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Cajon, California. Swing brakeman riding on top of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad train. Brakeman ride the trains in this way during the entire descent from summit to San Bernardino

Cajon, California. Swing brakeman riding on top of the Atchison, Topek...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s train station, train car, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Brakeman Patrick Lance, Pennsylvania - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Brakeman Patrick Lance, Pennsylvania - Glass negative photogrpah. Publ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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...

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

West Chicago, Illinois. Officers of Albert Keep Lodge, Number 364, International Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Left to right: vice-president E.H. Schlueter, a yard engine foreman; treasury and local chairman, F.C. Ehredt, ticket collector and assistant conductor; legislative representative Carl Berkes, passenger brakeman and W.M. Hoag, president, a yard engine foreman

West Chicago, Illinois. Officers of Albert Keep Lodge, Number 364, Int...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

On the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Marceline, Missouri and Argentine, Kansas. Brakemen exchanging highball signs. When two trains pass one another, the brakeman watch the other train for signs of hot boxes or other damage. If all is well, the highball sign is given. If not, other signals, to indicate the type of trouble, are used

On the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Marceline, Miss...

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Only a brakeman killed - Public domain American sheet music, 1883

Only a brakeman killed - Public domain American sheet music, 1883

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

A black and white photo of a man pointing at a train. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man pointing at a train. Office of War In...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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