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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&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
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 & NW RR; L. Logan, of West Chicago, boilermaker at 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
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 uploaded January 2008
A welder who works in the round-house at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad's Proviso yard (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Workers at the roundhouse of the C & NW RR Proviso Yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Two employees at the roundhouse at Proviso yard, C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Frederick Batt, brakeman, on the C & NW RR, at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008

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Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill.; C & NW RR; Roy Nelin, a box packer in the roundhouse at the Proviso yard (LOC)

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1 older comment, and then…
In Memoriam: budderflyman said:
I am really impressed by these transparencies
grytlappar said:
What a great face.
Bo_Mar said:
cool

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)

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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&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)

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