chicagonorthwestern

9 photos tagged chicagonorthwestern, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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Frank R. Hayworth Special Collection Photo from SDASM Archives uploaded October 2012
Mrs. Viola Sievers, one of the wipers at the roundhouse giving a giant "H" class locomotive a bath of live steam, Clinton, Iowa. Mrs. Sievers is the sole support of her mother and has a son-in-law in the Army (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
C. M. St. P. & P. R.R., general view of part of the yard, Bensenville, Ill. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
C & NW RR, putting the finishing touches on a rebuilt caboose at the rip tracks at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Caboose on the caboose track at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
The freight house at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard. In the foreground are old cars used as living quarters for some yard workers and itinerant help; Chicago, Ill. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
View of a Chicago and Northwestern railroad freight house. A long line of truck trailers are loading and unloading goods, Chicago, Ill. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
A train (or "cut") being pushed out of a receiving yard toward the hump. A brakeman rides each train to signal the engineer in the locomotive at the rear; Proviso yard, C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Looking toward the Chicago and Northwestern railroad classification yard. The trestle runs from the ice house to the yard. The old cars in the foreground are used as living quarters for some yard workers and itinerant help. Town of Melrose Park is in back from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008

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Mrs. Viola Sievers, one of the wipers at the roundhouse giving a giant "H" class locomotive a bath of live steam, Clinton, Iowa. Mrs. Sievers is the sole support of her mother and has a son-in-law in the Army (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

4 older comments, and then…
jdavis417 said:
Title: Steamin' Madam at Dirt
tech2321 said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Clinton Iowa, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Matthew Brown said:
Class H were 4-8-4 "Northern" locomotives used in both freight and passenger service. They were delivered in 1929 and rebuilt in 1940, and were apparently some of the largest Northerns ever built. (from www.steamlocomotive.com/northern/cnw.shtml)
BigBean said:
Hi, this photo has been mentioned in a discussion thread in the Flickr Commons group, and we'd love to have this added to the group pool! -- Seen in a discussion of Flickr Commons. (?)
dealer de rêves said:
very nice pic!

A train (or "cut") being pushed out of a receiving yard toward the hump. A brakeman rides each train to signal the engineer in the locomotive at the rear; Proviso yard, C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Winglet Photography said:
Railroad initials should be the C&NW (Chicago and North Western. Yard in question is indeed named Proviso Yard and still exists as such today under UP RR ownership.
The Library of Congress said:
Thanks for the information! Title updated as you suggested.
Jim Hatzell said:
We did it the same way in the 80's...except we hung on the side of the cars......not ride on top.

C & NW RR, putting the finishing touches on a rebuilt caboose at the rip tracks at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

the watchers always watching said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Caboose Fan Group, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Sarah Quinlan said:
Beautiful!
invincible dinner said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Trains, Rails and Railroad Equipment, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Mark Vogel said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Colorful World of Cabooses, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Jim Hatzell said:
I spotted many a waycar at this exact spot thirty some years later.