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General view of yard and some of the locomotive shop of the C & NW RR at 40th Street. On the tracks on the right are three streamliners, crack trains, Chicago, Ill.

General view of yard and some of the locomotive shop of the C & NW RR ...

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

Tracks at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Tracks at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

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

Locomotives lined up for coal, sand and water at the coaling station in the 40th Street yard of the C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

Locomotives lined up for coal, sand and water at the coaling station i...

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

View in a departure yard at C & NW RR's Proviso(?) yard, at twilight, Chicago, Ill.

View in a departure yard at C & NW RR's Proviso(?) yard, at twilight, ...

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

Work goes on 24 hours a day at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Work goes on 24 hours a day at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Public domain photograph of the Moon, telescope photography, astronomy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General view of one of the classification yards of the C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

General view of one of the classification yards of the C & NW RR., Chi...

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

C & NW RR; locomotives in the roundhouse at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

C & NW RR; locomotives in the roundhouse at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill...

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

Work goes on 24 hours a day at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

Work goes on 24 hours a day 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

A train pulling out of the freight house at C & NW RR's Proviso(?) yard, Chicago, Ill.

A train pulling out of the freight house at C & NW RR's Proviso(?) yar...

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

General view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso (?) yard, Chicago, Ill.

General view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso (?) yard,...

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

Apparatus used at the laboratory at the C & NW RR's 40th Street yards for analysing solutions of metals used in locomotives and the railroad plant, in general, Chicago, Ill.

Apparatus used at the laboratory at the C & NW RR's 40th Street yards ...

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

Tracks at Proviso yard of C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.

Tracks at Proviso yard of C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.

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

Car jacked up for repairs on the repair tracks, North Proviso, C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad Chicago, Ill

Car jacked up for repairs on the repair tracks, North Proviso, 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

Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill.; C & NW RR; Roy Nelin, a box packer in the roundhouse at the Proviso yard

Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill.; C & NW RR; Roy Nelin, a box packer ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Working on the cylinder of a locomotive at the C & NW RR 40th Street shops, Chicago, Ill.

Working on the cylinder of a locomotive at the C & NW RR 40th Street s...

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

Mike Evans, a welder, at the rip tracks at Proviso yard of the C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.

Mike Evans, a welder, at the rip tracks at Proviso yard of the C & NW ...

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.

C & NW RR, tank cars going over the hump at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

C & NW RR, tank cars going over the hump at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill...

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

Working on the boiler of a locomotive at the 40th Street shops of the C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.

Working on the boiler of a locomotive at the 40th Street shops of the ...

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

Car jacked up for repairs on the repair tracks, North Proviso, C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

Car jacked up for repairs on the repair tracks, North Proviso, C & NW ...

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

Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill; C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad; L. Logan, of West Chicago, boilermaker at the roundhouse at the Proviso yard

Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill; C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Wes...

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, railroad worker cultivating the small Victory garden in the Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

C & NW RR, railroad worker cultivating the small Victory garden in the...

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

General view of part of the rip tracks at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

General view of part of the rip tracks at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Ch...

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

Working on the boiler of a locomotive at the 40th Street shops of the C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.

Working on the boiler of a locomotive at the 40th Street shops of the ...

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

Locomotives lined up for coal, sand and water at the coaling station in the 40th Street yard of the C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

Locomotives lined up for coal, sand and water at the coaling station i...

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

Painting a car at the repair or "rip" tracks at North Proviso(?), C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

Painting a car at the repair or "rip" tracks at North Proviso(?), C & ...

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

Truck trailers loading and unloading at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Truck trailers loading and unloading at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chic...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, train car, railway, 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.

John Sabados washing up after a day's work at the rip tracks at Proviso yard of C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

John Sabados washing up after a day's work at the rip tracks at Provis...

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.

View of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

View of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Il...

Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Caboose on the caboose track at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Caboose on the caboose track at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill...

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

C & NW RR, a general view of a classification yard at Proviso Yard, Chicago, Ill.

C & NW RR, a general view of a classification yard at Proviso Yard, Ch...

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

Switchman throwing a switch at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Switchman throwing a switch at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

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

General view of the hump yard at Proviso yard, C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

General view of the hump yard at Proviso yard, C & NW RR., Chicago, Il...

Public domain photograph - railway tracks, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View in a departure yard at C & NW RR's Proviso (?) yard at twilight, Chicago, Ill.

View in a departure yard at C & NW RR's Proviso (?) yard at twilight, ...

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

General view of one of the departure yards at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

General view of one of the departure yards at C & NW RR's Proviso yard...

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

Train pulling out of the freight house at C & NW RR's Proviso Yard, Chicago, Ill.

Train pulling out of the freight house at C & NW RR's Proviso Yard, Ch...

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

A.S. Gerdee, of 3251 Maypole(?) Street, working as a switchman at Proviso yard of C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.

A.S. Gerdee, of 3251 Maypole(?) Street, working as a switchman at Prov...

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.

Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill; C & NW RR; L. Logan, of West Chicago, boilermaker at the roundhouse at the Proviso yard

Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill; C & NW RR; L. Logan, of West Chicago...

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

The yardmaster's office at the receiving yard, North Proviso(?), C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.

The yardmaster's office at the receiving yard, North Proviso(?), C & N...

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Switchman throwing a switch a C and NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Switchman throwing a switch a C and NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill...

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

Working on the cab of a locomotive brought in for repair at the C & NW RR 40th Street shops, Chicago, Ill.

Working on the cab of a locomotive brought in for repair at the C & NW...

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

Train going over the hump at the C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Train going over the hump at the C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Il...

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

Laboratory worker at the research laboratory at the C & NW RR's 40th Street yard, examining paint samples used on freight cars and coaches of the railroad, Chicago, Ill.

Laboratory worker at the research laboratory at the C & NW RR's 40th S...

Public domain photograph of laboratory, science, research, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mike Evans, a welder, at the rip tracks at Proviso yard of the C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, Chicago, Ill

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

C & NW RR, putting the finishing touches on a rebuilt caboose at the rip tracks at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

C & NW RR, putting the finishing touches on a rebuilt caboose at the r...

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

Welder at the C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad locomotive shops, 40th Street shops, Chicago, Ill

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

Worker inspecting a locomotive on a pit in the roundhouse at the C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Worker inspecting a locomotive on a pit in the roundhouse at the C & N...

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

Two employees at the roundhouse at Proviso yard, C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

Two employees at the roundhouse at Proviso yard, C & NW RR., Chicago, ...

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

Train going over the hump at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Train going over the hump at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Public domain photograph - railway tracks, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A train being pushed over the hump at the Proviso yard, C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

A train being pushed over the hump at the Proviso yard, C & NW RR., Ch...

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

C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, a general view of a classification yard at Proviso Yard, Chicago, Ill

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

C & NW RR, railroad workers cultivating a little Victory garden at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

C & NW RR, railroad workers cultivating a little Victory garden at Pro...

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

Working on a locomotive at the 40th Street shop of the C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.

Working on a locomotive at the 40th Street shop of the C & NW RR, Chic...

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

C & NW RR, working on a locomotive at the 40th Street railroad shops, Chicago, Ill.

C & NW RR, working on a locomotive at the 40th Street railroad shops, ...

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

Sam Cell, working on the truck of a car at the rip tracks of C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Sam Cell, working on the truck of a car at the rip tracks of C & NW RR...

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.

General view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

General view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chi...

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

Greasing a locomotive in the roundhouse at Proviso (?) yard, C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

Greasing a locomotive in the roundhouse at Proviso (?) yard, C & NW RR...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Spreading asbestos mixture on boiler of a locomotive at the C & NW RR 40th Street locomotive shops

Spreading asbestos mixture on boiler of a locomotive at the C & NW RR ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mine, mining, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

General view of part of classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

General view of part of classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso yar...

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

View of a classification yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

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

James Lynch, a roundhouse worker, C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroadProviso yard

James Lynch, a roundhouse worker, C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Wes...

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

Apparatus used at the laboratory at the C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's, 40th Street yards for analysing solutions of metals used in locomotives and the railroad plant, in general, Chicago, Ill

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

The yardmaster's office at the receiving yard, North Proviso(?), C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill

The yardmaster's office at the receiving yard, North Proviso(?), C & 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

Train going over the hump at the C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

Train going over the hump at the C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Il...

Public domain photograph of cars, gas station, car garage, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A worker in the roundhouse at the C & NW RR., Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

A worker in the roundhouse at the C & NW RR., Proviso yard, Chicago, I...

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

Tracks at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

Tracks at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's 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

Locomotives lined up for coal, sand and water at the coaling station in the 40th Street yard of the C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, Chicago, Ill

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

A.S. Gerdee, of 3251 Maypole(?) Street, working as a switchman at Proviso yard of C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, Chicago, Ill

A.S. Gerdee, of 3251 Maypole(?) Street, working as a switchman at Prov...

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 boiler of a locomotive at the 40th Street shops of the C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, Chicago, Ill

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 and North Western railroad, 40th Street shops, Chicago, Ill

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 cultivating the small Victory garden in the Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

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

C & NW RR, working on a locomotive at the 40th Street railroad shops, Chicago, Ill.

C & NW RR, working on a locomotive at the 40th Street railroad shops, ...

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

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 i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's, Chicago, Ill

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

A young worker at the C & NW RR 40th Street shops, Chicago, Ill

A young worker at the C & NW RR 40th Street shops, Chicago, Ill

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

View in a departure yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso (?) yard at twilight, Chicago, Ill. Brakeman is signaling with a red flare and the train is going by during exposure

View in a departure yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western...

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 railroad's Proviso(?) yard, at twilight, Chicago, Ill

View in a departure yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western...

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 finishing touches on a rebuilt caboose at the rip tracks at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, putting the finishi...

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

Spreading asbestos mixture on boiler of a locomotive at the C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, 40th Street locomotive shops

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. Chicago and North Western railroad, Chicago, Ill

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 North Western railroad's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

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 railroad, Chicago, Ill

Tracks at Proviso yard of C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western rai...

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

Two employees at the roundhouse at Proviso yard, C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, Chicago, Ill

Two employees at the roundhouse at Proviso yard, C & NW RR i.e. Chicag...

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 C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

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., Chicago, Ill.

Working on a switch engine at the 40th Street shops of the C & NW RR.,...

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Working on a switch engine at the 40th Street shops of the C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, Chicago, Ill

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

General view of part of the rip tracks at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

General view of part of the rip tracks 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

Joseph Klesken washing up after a day's work at the rip tracks at Proviso yards of the C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

Joseph Klesken washing up after a day's work at the rip tracks at Prov...

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Working on the boiler of a locomotive at the 40th Street shops of the C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, Chicago, Ill

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

Switchman throwing a switch at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

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

General view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

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

General view of part of classification yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

General view of part of classification yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicag...

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 the hump yard at Proviso yard, C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, Chicago, Ill

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

C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, working on a locomotive at the 40th Street railroad shops, Chicago, Ill

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

Train going over the hump at the C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

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

General view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso (?) yard, Chicago, Ill

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

Worker inspecting a locomotive on a pit in the roundhouse at the C & NW RR's i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

Worker inspecting a locomotive on a pit in the roundhouse at the C & 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

Greasing a locomotive at the 40th Street shops of the C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad

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 Western railroad, at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

Frederick Batt, brakeman, on 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

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...

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