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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
Frank R. Hayworth Special Collection Photo from SDASM Archives uploaded October 2012
General view of one of the classification yards of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, Chicago, Ill. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
C & NW RR, tank cars going over the hump at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. (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
Freight cars being maneuvered in a Chicago and Northwestern railroad yard, Chicago, 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
C & NW RR, working on a locomotive at the 40th Street railroad shops, 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
General view of one of the departure yards at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
General view of part of the Proviso yard of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, Chicago, Ill. In the background is the coal chute and roundhouse (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Worker inspecting a locomotive on a pit in the roundhouse at the C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008

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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.

Locomotives lined up for coal, sand and water at the coaling station in the 40th Street yard of the C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Gene Bowker said:
These are great examples of railroading in the Mid-20th Century. The Railroad Blog

Freight cars being maneuvered in a Chicago and Northwestern railroad yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

jconn0403 said:
Repair facility?
Kumar McMillan said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called freightyards, and we'd love to have this added to the group!