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Box 61

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Contains 320 Results:

Night Shot of Kansas City Terminal Yards, 1960

 File — Box: 61, Folder: 103
Scope and Contents

Busy yard with low visibility. All movements are governed by signals which are operated by towermen. Hazardous operation because. trains run in both directions on these tracks

Dates: 1960

Night Shot of Kansas City Terminal Yards, 1960

 File — Box: 61, Folder: 104
Scope and Contents

Traders National Bank sign in background. Looking west towards Kansas City Union Station. Signals not brightly lit or clearly visible. Taken in same location as exhibit V-1, but now we are looking west towards Kansas City Union Station. Note signal, dimly lit, in left foreground.

Dates: 1960

Night Shot of Kansas City Terminal Yards, 1960

 File — Box: 61, Folder: 105
Scope and Contents

Also taken in same location as exhibits V-1 and V-3, looking west towards Kansas City Union Station on main tracks.

Dates: 1960

Two Rock Island Freight Trains Getting Ready to Leave Yard, 1960

 File — Box: 61, Folder: 107
Scope and Contents

Problem of close clearances. Bound for Chicago, looking Towards 2nd Street. Note two men walking between tracks in yard. Trains here move in both directions.

Dates: 1960

GMO and Frisco Yards at 12th Street, 1960

 File — Box: 61, Folder: 110
Scope and Contents

Looking south. Photograph illustrates the very complex yards with numerous types of traffic and hazards.

Dates: 1960

GMO and Frisco Yards at 12th Street, 1960

 File — Box: 61, Folder: 111
Scope and Contents

Looking south. Photograph illustrates the very complex yards with numerous types of traffic and hazards, including truck traffic

Dates: 1960

Moving North to Kansas City Terminal, 1960

 File — Box: 61, Folder: 112
Scope and Contents

Looking toward so-called "Goose Neck." Shows the approach to Hannibal Bridge along the Burlington Road. This track is used as a main line for passenger trains and is a connecting line for transfers to the Wabash and to the Burlington. Very heavy grade.

Dates: 1960