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Box 59

 Container

Contains 306 Results:

Looking East and West at Rock Island Interchange Yard, 1960

 File — Box: 59, Folder: 73
Scope and Contents

Facing opposite direction from V-13. Interchange connects RI with Santa Fe Railroad and MoPac. Busy street with automobile traffic closely parallels tracks, increasing danger for side-swipes.

Dates: 1960

Looking East and West at Rock Island Interchange Yard, 1960

 File — Box: 59, Folder: 74
Scope and Contents

Facing opposite direction from V-13. Interchange connects RI with Santa Fe Railroad and MoPac. Busy street with automobile traffic closely parallels tracks, increasing danger for side-swipes.

Dates: 1960

Hill Dog Food Plant Entrance, 1960

 File — Box: 59, Folder: 76
Scope and Contents

Close clearance, employees walk next to and on tracks, buildings block views. Track itself not in good condition. Offices of construction equipment firm, M.B. Salisbury Co., means that this area is constantly full of construction equipment, truck, and trailers, all of which can hinder line of sight or foul the tracks.

Dates: 1960

Looking East and West at Rock Island Interchange Yard, 1960

 File — Box: 59, Folder: 81
Scope and Contents

Interchange connects RI with Santa Fe Railroad and MoPac. Busy street with automobile traffic closely parallels tracks, increasing danger for side-swipes. Tracks run down the center of the street. Street which runs parallel with the tracks just beyond the crossing, presents a special danger because cars can run so close to the track that there is the danger of side-swiping automobiles or trucks as they goo up and down the street. Crossover in foreground.

Dates: 1960