Box 54
Contains 290 Results:
Yard 7 "C" House, Lechmere Square, Cambridge, 1960
"C" House tracks. Left and right curvature. No clearance on top of or on sides of cars. Work by ground crews done on both sides of engine. Crossing flagged during daylight hours. No protection at night. Heavy traffic day and night.
Yard 7 "A" House, Lechmere Square, Cambridge, 1960
"A" House and "B" House tracks. Facing east. Note cars fueling on left side of engine to the right of picture. Riding on top of cars prohibited. Close clearance to left and right side.
Yard 7 First Section, A House, Lechmere Square, 1960
"A" House and "B" House tracks. Facing east. Note cars fueling on left side of engine to the right of picture. Riding on top of cars prohibited. Close clearance to left and right side.
View of Lower Yard 9 from Tower 5, 1960
General view from Tower 5, which controls all power switches in the area. New Hampshire Division main line is on the left, which divides Yard 9 from Yard 8, making an operation on a huge "U" curve necessary, and where a fireman is a vital no matter which direction a move is made due to curves and congestion and short switch circuits where moves may be brought to a halt by Tower 5.
View of Lower Yard 9 from Tower 5, 1960
Lower Yard 9 as seen from Tower 5, a controlling tower for all power operated switches in unsignalled territory
Lower Yard 9, 1960
Yard 9, 1960
General view showing curvature in the entire yard where the engineer is entirely dependent on signals relayed by fireman. Tracks in foreground (right to left): caboose spur, tracks 1 to 35, with Yard 10 lead on extreme left.
Lower Yard 8, 1960
Photograph showing lower end of Yard 8, end of curvature, and convergence into four connecting tracks to Yard 9. View from engineer's side on all outbound trains and drafts to Portland division, tracks, and other signals.
Yard 7, Lechmere Square, Cambridge, 1960
Looking East. Ground crew at west end with cars. Fireman observing crossing and unknown factors in easterly direction. Piggyback trailer on car being moved by B&M Unit #1209
Yard 7 "The Hole" Lechmere Square, Cambridge, 1960
Looking out into yard from freight house. Unprotected crossing heavily traveled by crews after piggybacks are delivered and dispatched. Clearance makes working on top of or on the sides of cars impossible. All work here performed through motions to man on left side of engine.