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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...

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Chicago, Illinois. Diesel switch engine working at the South Water Street, Illinois Central Railroad freight terminal

Chicago, Illinois. Diesel switch engine working at the South Water Str...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, buildings, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of three men sitting on a bench. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of three men sitting on a bench. Office of War...

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

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana. In the background, his train starts to pull out and head-man Lee Hines throws switch to clear the track

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

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Switching a train with a diesel switch engine on the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad

Switching a train with a diesel switch engine on the Chicago and Rock ...

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Blue Island, Illinois. Switchman riding the footboard of a diesel switch engine on the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad

Blue Island, Illinois. Switchman riding the footboard of a diesel swit...

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Chicago, Illinois. Switch lists are sent by teletype from the main yard office to yardmasters, tower men, and other offices at an Illinois Central Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Switch lists are sent by teletype from the main yar...

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Chicago, Illinois. Throwing a switch during switching operations at one of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad classification yards

Chicago, Illinois. Throwing a switch during switching operations at on...

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

Chicago, Illinois. New York Central switch engine working at South Water Street, Illinois Central Railroad freight terminal

Chicago, Illinois. New York Central switch engine working at South Wat...

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Chicago, Illinois. Switch engine which has just pushed its last car over the hump at an Illinois Central Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Switch engine which has just pushed its last car ov...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Yardmaster (left) discussing a switch list with a train clerk at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Yardmaster (left) discussing a switch list with a t...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Switchmen riding one of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad diesel switch engines

Chicago, Illinois. Switchmen riding one of the Atchison, Topeka and Sa...

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

Switch lists coming in by teletype to the hump office at a Chicago and Northwestern railroad yard, Chicago, Ill.

Switch lists coming in by teletype to the hump office at a Chicago and...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Switching cars in one of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad classification yards. The switch man is braking the last two cars

Chicago, Illinois. Switching cars in one of the Chicago and Northweste...

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

Chicago, Illinois. As each car goes by his window at an Illinois Central Railroad yard, the engine foreman checks it against his switch list

Chicago, Illinois. As each car goes by his window at an Illinois Centr...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Throwing a switch after an Illinois Central Railroad train has gone by

Chicago, Illinois. Throwing a switch after an Illinois Central Railroa...

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.

Chicago, Illinois. Hump master in a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard operating a signal switch system which extends the length of the hump track. He is thus able to control movements of locomotives pushing the train over the hump from his post at the hump office

Chicago, Illinois. Hump master in a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad ...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Switch lists coming in by teletype to the hump offices at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Switch lists coming in by teletype to the hump offi...

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

Blue Island, Illinois. Switching a train with a diesel switch engine on the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad

Blue Island, Illinois. Switching a train with a diesel switch engine o...

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

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. As the train goes through a small town, the conductor exchanges high signs with a switch tender

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.

Cicero, Illinois. Switching cars with a diesel switch engine at the Clyde yard of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad

Cicero, Illinois. Switching cars with a diesel switch engine at the Cl...

Public domain photograph of diesel or electric train engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Diesel switch engine moving freight cars at the South water street freight terminal of the Illinois Central R.R., Chicago, Ill. The N.Y. Central is one of the railroads that lease terminal facilities from the I.C.R.R.

Diesel switch engine moving freight cars at the South water street fre...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Indiana Harbor Belt RR, switch engine in yard near Calumet park stockyards, Calumet City (near Chicago), Ill.

Indiana Harbor Belt RR, switch engine in yard near Calumet park stocky...

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

Cicero, Illinois. Switching cars with a diesel switch engine at the Clyde yard of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad

Cicero, Illinois. Switching cars with a diesel switch engine at the Cl...

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

Chicago, Illinois. A pneumatic tube system connects the main yard office with yardmasters' offices throughout the Illinois Central Railroad yard. Switch lists and other communications are quickly sent in this way

Chicago, Illinois. A pneumatic tube system connects the main yard offi...

Public domain photograph - working class people, the 1930s United States, work, labor, worker, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Indiana Harbor Belt R.R., switch engine in yard near Calumet Park stockyards, Calumet City (near Chicago), Ill.

Indiana Harbor Belt R.R., switch engine in yard near Calumet Park stoc...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Blue Island, Illinois. Engineer in the cab of a diesel switch engine on the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad

Blue Island, Illinois. Engineer in the cab of a diesel switch engine o...

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

Hump master in a Chicago and Northwestern railroad yard operating a signal switch system which extends the length of the hump track. He is thus able to control movements of locomotives pushing the train over the hump from his post at the hump office; Chicago, Ill.

Hump master in a Chicago and Northwestern railroad yard operating a si...

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

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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Diesel switch engine moving freight cars at the South Water street freight terminal of the Illinois Central R.R., Chicago, Ill.

Diesel switch engine moving freight cars at the South Water street fre...

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

Daniel Senise throwing a switch while at work in an Indiana Harbor Belt line railroad yard

Daniel Senise throwing a switch while at work in an Indiana Harbor Bel...

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.

Daniel Senise throwing a switch while at work in an Indiana Harbor Belt Line railroad yard

Daniel Senise throwing a switch while at work in an Indiana Harbor Bel...

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

Daniel Senise throwing a switch at work in an Indiana Harbor Belt Line railroad yard

Daniel Senise throwing a switch at work in an Indiana Harbor Belt Line...

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

Chicago, Illinois. In the roundhouse at an Illinois Central Railroad yard. This switch engine is being converted into a road engine

Chicago, Illinois. In the roundhouse at an Illinois Central Railroad y...

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

Cicero, Illinois. Engineer in the cab of a diesel switch engine at the Clyde yard of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad

Cicero, Illinois. Engineer in the cab of a diesel switch engine at the...

Public domain photograph of diesel or electric train engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Diesel switch engine working in a railway yard

Chicago, Illinois. Diesel switch engine working in a railway yard

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. View through the window of the engineer's side of the cab. Ready to pull out of the yard, the engineer waits for the switchman to throw the switch

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

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

Illinois Central R.R., Chicago, Ill. Vernon Brower, riding the foot board of a diesel switch engine at the South Water Street freight terminal

Illinois Central R.R., Chicago, Ill. Vernon Brower, riding the foot bo...

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

Diesel switch engineer moving freight cars at the South Water street freight terminal of the Illinois Central R.R., Chicago, Ill. The N.Y. Central is one of the railroads that lease terminal facilities from the I.C.R.R.

Diesel switch engineer moving freight cars at the South Water street f...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.