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C & NW RR, railroad workers cultivating a little Victory garden at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
C & NW RR, railroad worker cultivating the small Victory garden in the Proviso yard, 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
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 & NW RR; L. Logan, of West Chicago, boilermaker at the roundhouse at the Proviso yard (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
Tracks leading into the freight house at Proviso yard. This is said to be the largest covered freight house in the world. C&NWRR, 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
Train going over the hump at the C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Train pulling out of the freight house at C & NW RR's Proviso Yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
A train being pushed over the hump at the Proviso yard, C & NW RR., 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
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

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John L. Walter, conductor at Proviso yard of the C&NWRR. Mr. Walter has been employed on the railroad for 45 years, 32 of them as conductor. The red nose and cheeks are due to the below zero weather outside. Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
Photographer Jack Delano (1914-1997): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Delano

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.

Train pulling out of the freight house at C & NW RR's Proviso Yard, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

iris.schimandle said:
That's definitely the Proviso freight house--check out the confirmed photo here.
The Library of Congress said:
iris.schimandle: Thanks for the information! We found the photo you mentioned, and updated the source catalog record.