Box 56
Contains 356 Results:
Northern Avenue Piggy-back Operation, 1961
Trailer loading operation (i.e. piggy-backing) here is one of the pioneer trailer operations in the country, with around 80 to 100 trailers moving out of the yard nightly.
Manufacturers' Railroad, River Street, 1961
Former Manufacturers' Railroad using electric engine with trolley pole on trolley wire, tracks, girder. Type Close Clearance on All siding (rebuttal exhibit D/R-1)
Manufacturers' Railroad, River Street, 1961
The Foskett-Bishop Piping Co. & Elm City Filling Stations, Inc.
River Street Yard, 1961
Engine Storage Track (rebuttal exhibit D/R-2)
Manufacturers' Railroad, River Street, 1961
Industrial Switching, both sides of street. DuPont Plant. (rebuttal exhibit D/R-3)
Water Street Yard and Mail Shed, 1961
Another view of the Water Street Yard showing the mail shed where mail handlers work 24 hours a day. Note also the close clearance on all tracks which necessitate a lookout on both sides.
East End of Passenger Yard and Entrance to Water Street Yard, 1961
Shows entrance to passenger yard, Water Street Yard, and the mainline to the station. All engines head east here, therefore all movements into the station are backup movements. Note the numerous dwarf signals.
East End of Passenger Yard, New Haven Union Station, 1961
NH Yard Switcher (Yard engine 656) on the 7-9 relay track. On left are tracks 11 and 13, which are used mostly for loading and unloading of Railway Express. Due to curvature of tracks, signals are given on the fireman's side.
East End of Passenger Station, 1961
Station platform at track 4 of the passenger station. The left are mainline tracks 1 and 2. The cross walk in center of photograph crosses all 10 tracks and goes into passenger station. Sharp lookout needed on both sides of engines moving in both directions as numerous workmen use this crossing between the 10 tracks located in station.
New Haven Passenger Yard, Looking West, 1961
Looking west toward station and East End Passenger Yards. Showing the ten tracks operating through the station plus the numerous relay tracks. There are numerous car cleaners, car inspectors and railway express workers in this area.