chicagoandnorthwesternrailwaycompany

20 photos tagged chicagoandnorthwesternrailwaycompany, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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[Missouri-Kansas-Texas, Diesel Electric Switcher No. 50] from SMU Libraries Digital Collections uploaded March 2015
[Houston Street Viaduct Bridge Under Construction] from SMU Libraries Digital Collections uploaded January 2015
[Houston Street Viaduct Bridge Under Construction] from SMU Libraries Digital Collections uploaded January 2015
[Houston Street Viaduct Bridge Under Construction] from SMU Libraries Digital Collections uploaded January 2015
C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Elibia Siematter, employed as a sweeper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Marcella Hart, mother of three children, employed as a wiper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Irene Bracker, mother of two children, employed at the roundhouse as a wiper, Clinton, Iowa (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
C. & N.W. R.R. Cloe Weaver, mother of four children, employed as a helper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa. She is learning to operate the turntable. Her husband works for a structural steel company (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Dorothy Lucke, employed as a wiper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Chicago and North Western R.R., Mrs. Thelma Cuvage, working in the sand house at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa. Her job is to see that sand is sifted and cleaned for use in the locomotives. Mrs. Cuvage's husband works as a guard at the Savannah (Ill.) Ord from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
C&NWRR, towerman R.W. Mayberry of Elmhurst, Ill., at the Proviso yard. He operates a set of retarders and switches at the hump, Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
James Lynch, a roundhouse worker, C & NW RR [Proviso yard] (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill.; C & NW RR; Roy Nelin, a box packer in the roundhouse at the Proviso yard (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill, C&NWRR. William London has been a railroad worker 25 years - now working at the roundhouse at the Proviso yards (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
John Sabados washing up after a day's work at the rip tracks at Proviso yard of C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008

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C&NWRR, towerman R.W. Mayberry of Elmhurst, Ill., at the Proviso yard. He operates a set of retarders and switches at the hump, Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

comfortable stove said:
Likely story... It's actually the Freight Yard Wurlitzer Organ. ["Pardon me boy, is that the Chattanooga choo-choo?"]

Laboratory worker at the research laboratory at the C & NW RR's 40th Street yard, examining paint samples used on freight cars and coaches of the railroad, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

iris.schimandle said:
Again, not Proviso and therefore in Chicago rather than Melrose Park.
The Library of Congress said:
iris.schimandle: Thanks for the correction! We've updated all 19 affected records in our own catalog ( http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html), and the information will be updated in Flickr soon, too. (4/25/08)
comfortable stove said:
"Have you got anything in 'Misty Buff'..?"

C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Irene Bracker, mother of two children, employed at the roundhouse as a wiper, Clinton, Iowa (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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ellisonhousehold said:
She has such a strikingly intense gaze.
jdavis417 said:
Title: Ready For My Close-up
Scott Kraft said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Goggles, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
xinem said:
I'm painting this one now: www.flickr.com/photos/christinestephens/4355561475
Katie Howey said:
I can't stop looking at her gaze. Incredible! I wonder what was going though her mind at the time...