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• illinois
• january
• libraryofcongress
• cookcounty
• 1943
• jackdelano
• xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11
• calumetcity
• calumetcityil
• railroad
• fusee
• train
• longexposure
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• smoke
• steam
• locomotive
• indianaharborbelt
• light
• signal
• winter
• snow
• chicago
• trainyard

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• The Library of Congress 7 photos
• SDASM Archives 1 photo

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Belt Railway, looking toward the west yard of clearing yard, taken from bridge of the hump, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Kumar McMillan said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called freightyards, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Indiana Harbor Belt RR, switchman demonstrating signal with a "fusee" - used at twilight and dawn - when visibility is poor. This signal means "back up." Calumet City, Ill. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Logan Zillmer said:

  Apparently Jack Delano was doing light orbs way before everyone else.

Belt Railway, looking toward the west yard of clearing yard, taken from bridge of hump, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Winglet Photography said:

  Railroad operator is misnamed. This is the Belt Railway Company of Chicago (BRC) Clearing Yard.

• The Library of Congress said:

  md11forever: Thanks for the information. A second source confirmed the information, and we've updated the caption (4/7/08).

• Kumar McMillan said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called freightyards, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

• Let Ideas Compete said:

  Nice photo. Thanks for sharing it. Please consider adding it to the group Taken FROM a bridge. The photo must be geo-tagged to add it to the group. If you aren't already a member, please join.

Indiana Harbor Belt RR, switchman demonstrating signal with a "fusee" - used at twilight and dawn - when visibility is poor. This signal means "stop." Calumet City, Ill. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Tim King said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Chicago Southland, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.