Switchman throwing a switch at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North West...
12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More
Chicago & North Western Railroad, Stone Culvert, Railroad Milepost 514...
Significance: The stone culvert was constructed by the Chicago and North Western Railroad in 1901 and is a distinctive example of short-span stone construction using local materials. Although alterations have ... More
General view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and ...
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C&NWRR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, towerman R.W. Mayberry...
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Work goes on 24 hours a day at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North West...
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Car jacked up for repairs on the repair tracks, North Proviso, C & NW ...
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General view of part of the rip tracks at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and...
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A.S. Gerdee, of 3251 Maypole(?) Street, working as a switchman at Prov...
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A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Office of War Info...
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
Chicago & North Western Railroad, Stone Culvert, Railroad Milepost 514...
Significance: The stone culvert was constructed by the Chicago and North Western Railroad in 1901 and is a distinctive example of short-span stone construction using local materials. Although alterations have ... More
Chicago & North Western Railroad, Stone Culvert, Railroad Milepost 514...
Significance: The stone culvert was constructed by the Chicago and North Western Railroad in 1901 and is a distinctive example of short-span stone construction using local materials. Although alterations have ... More
Welder at the C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad locomo...
Identification of 40th Street shops confirmed by the source: Flickr Commons project, 2008. Removed notes about Proviso Yards and Melrose Park. Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. 12002-1. Transfer from U.S. O... More
C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, a general view of a...
12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More
Working on the cab of a locomotive brought in for repair at the C & NW...
Identification of 40th Street shops confirmed by the source: Flickr Commons project, 2008. Removed notes about Proviso Yards and Melrose Park. Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. 12002-1. Transfer from U.S. O... More
Mike Evans, a welder, at the rip tracks at Proviso yard of the C & NW ...
12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More
Chicago & North Western Railroad, Stone Culvert, Railroad Milepost 514...
Significance: The stone culvert was constructed by the Chicago and North Western Railroad in 1901 and is a distinctive example of short-span stone construction using local materials. Although alterations have ... More
View of a classification yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North We...
12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More
C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, putting the finishi...
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Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill; C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Wes...
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General view of part of classification yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicag...
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C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, working on a locomo...
Identification of 40th Street shops confirmed by the source: Flickr Commons project, 2008. Removed notes about Proviso Yards and Melrose Park. Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. 12002-1. Transfer from U.S. O... More
Chicago & North Western Railroad, Stone Culvert, Railroad Milepost 514...
Significance: The stone culvert was constructed by the Chicago and North Western Railroad in 1901 and is a distinctive example of short-span stone construction using local materials. Although alterations have ... More
Working on the boiler of a locomotive at the 40th Street shops of the ...
Identification of 40th Street shops confirmed by the source: Flickr Commons project, 2008. Removed notes about Proviso Yards and Melrose Park. Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. 12002-1. Transfer from U.S. O... More
Worker inspecting a locomotive on a pit in the roundhouse at the C & N...
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Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill, C&NWRR i.e. Chicago and North Wester...
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Greasing a locomotive at the 40th Street shops of the C & NW RR i.e. C...
Identification of 40th Street shops confirmed by the source: Flickr Commons project, 2008. Removed notes about Proviso Yards and Melrose Park. Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. 12002-1. Transfer from U.S. O... More
Frederick Batt, brakeman, on the C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North West...
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John L. Walter, conductor at Proviso yard of the C&NWRR i.e. Chicago a...
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Train going over the hump at the C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North We...
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The Tie Hack Memorial, west of Dubois, Wyoming, honors the men who cut...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More
![C & NW RR [i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad]; locomotives in the roundhouse at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzkvMDEvMDEvYy1hbmQtbnctcnItaWUtY2hpY2Fnby1hbmQtbm9ydGgtd2VzdGVybi1yYWlscm9hZC1sb2NvbW90aXZlcy1pbi10aGUtcm91bmRob3VzZS0zZjE5MGYtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/52/webp "C & NW RR [i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad]; locomotives in the roundhouse at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.")
C & NW RR [i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad]; locomotives in th...
12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More
Greasing a locomotive in the roundhouse at Proviso (?) yard, C & NW RR...
12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More
View in a departure yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western...
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View in a departure yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western...
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C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, putting the finishi...
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James Lynch, a roundhouse worker, C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Wes...
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Apparatus used at the laboratory at the C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and N...
Identification of 40th Street shops confirmed by the source: Flickr Commons project, 2008. Removed notes about Proviso Yards and Melrose Park. Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. 12002-1. Transfer from U.S. O... More
Tracks at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Provis...
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Locomotives lined up for coal, sand and water at the coaling station i...
Identification of 40th Street shops confirmed by the source: Flickr Commons project, 2008. Removed notes about Proviso Yards and Melrose Park. Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. 12002-1. Transfer from U.S. O... More
Spreading asbestos mixture on boiler of a locomotive at the C & NW RR ...
Identification of 40th Street shops confirmed by the source: Flickr Commons project, 2008. Removed notes about Proviso Yards and Melrose Park. Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. 12002-1. Transfer from U.S. O... More
Working on a locomotive at the 40th Street shop of the C & NW RR i.e. ...
Identification of 40th Street shops confirmed by the source: Flickr Commons project, 2008. Removed notes about Proviso Yards and Melrose Park. Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. 12002-1. Transfer from U.S. O... More
Truck trailers loading and unloading at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and N...
12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More
Tracks at Proviso yard of C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western rai...
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Two employees at the roundhouse at Proviso yard, C & NW RR i.e. Chicag...
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Map showing the route of the Mobile & North Western Railroad, and its ...
Map of Mississippi and vicinity showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, state, county, and township boundaries, and the railroad network, with emphasis on the main lines. Scale 1:1,267,200. LC R... More
Train going over the hump at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Wester...
12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More
Working on a switch engine at the 40th Street shops of the C & NW RR i...
Identification of 40th Street shops confirmed by the source: Flickr Commons project, 2008. Removed notes about Proviso Yards and Melrose Park. Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. 12002-1. Transfer from U.S. O... More
Working on the boiler of a locomotive at the 40th Street shops of the ...
Identification of 40th Street shops confirmed by the source: Flickr Commons project, 2008. Removed notes about Proviso Yards and Melrose Park. Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. 12002-1. Transfer from U.S. O... More
Working on the cylinder of a locomotive at the C & NW RR i.e. Chicago ...
Identification of 40th Street shops confirmed by the source: Flickr Commons project, 2008. Removed notes about Proviso Yards and Melrose Park. Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. 12002-1. Transfer from U.S. O... More
C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, railroad worker cul...
12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More
General view of one of the classification yards of the C & NW RR i.e. ...
Proviso Yards. Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. 12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.p... More
Workers at the roundhouse of the C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North West...
12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More
Caboose on the caboose track at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Wes...
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The Tie Hack Memorial, west of Dubois, Wyoming, honors the men who cut...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More
John Sabados washing up after a day's work at the rip tracks at Provis...
12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More
Train going over the hump at the C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North We...
12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More
Sam Cell, working on the truck of a car at the rip tracks of C & NW RR...
12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More
Painting a car at the repair or "rip" tracks at North Proviso(?), C & ...
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Locomotives lined up for coal, sand and water at the coaling station i...
Identification of 40th Street shops confirmed by the source: Flickr Commons project, 2008. Removed notes about Proviso Yards and Melrose Park. Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. 12002-1. Transfer from U.S. O... More
Train pulling out of the freight house at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and...
12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Iden... More
Laboratory worker at the research laboratory at the C & NW RR's i.e. C...
Identification of 40th Street shops confirmed by the source: Flickr Commons project, 2008. Removed notes about Proviso Yards and Melrose Park. Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. 12002-1. Transfer from U.S. O... More
General view of one of the departure yards at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago...
12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More
General view of yard and some of the locomotive shop of the C & NW RR ...
Identification of 40th Street shops confirmed by the source: Flickr Commons project, 2008. Removed notes about Proviso Yards and Melrose Park. Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. 12002-1. Transfer from U.S. O... More
C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, working on a locomo...
Identification of 40th Street shops confirmed by the source: Flickr Commons project, 2008. Removed notes about Proviso Yards and Melrose Park. Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. 12002-1. Transfer from U.S. O... More
General view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and ...
12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More
Section of a locomotive frame, which will be welded to replace a broke...
Identification of 40th Street shops confirmed by the source: Flickr Commons project, 2008. Removed notes about Proviso Yards and Melrose Park. Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. 12002-1. Transfer from U.S. O... More
General view of the hump yard at Proviso yard, C & NW RR i.e. Chicago ...
12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More