Nuts and Bolts by woodybobbin on Flickr.
….and rivets. Lots of rivets.
July 1966
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Saturday, January 24, 2015
Friday, January 23, 2015
spijkerschrift: Director’s room, Pennsylvania Railroad,...
Director’s room, Pennsylvania Railroad, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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formfollowsfunctionjournal: A car being jacked up for repairs...
A car being jacked up for repairs on the Illinois Central repair tracks in Chicago, Illinois. The original image dated to circa November, 1942 by Jack Delano.
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Thursday, January 22, 2015
formfollowsfunctionjournal: Pulling Spikes,...
Pulling Spikes, 1920s
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015
New coupler by Moffat Road on Flickr. After installing new draft...
New coupler by Moffat Road on Flickr.
After installing new draft gear in the front of UPY 697, two machinists carefully insert a new coupler in place at Union Pacific’s Kansas City Locomotive Facility in K.C., Missouri, on October 21, 2013.
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wiible: Engineer and Conductor compare watches before leaving...
Engineer and Conductor compare watches before leaving Kent, Ohio Terminal.
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wiible: The next morning, April 22, (see below) I cut school to...
The next morning, April 22, (see below) I cut school to see if the 6003 would return on # 98, and I wasn’t disappointed. She was back in San Jose with the 3006. The 6462 went back to the Commutes.
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015
wiible: Golden Age of Trains in Black and White, By Keith...
Golden Age of Trains in Black and White, By Keith Axline
Troy Union Railroad crossing guard John Moriarity and New York Central switch engine during snowstorm, Troy, New York, March 1955
Photo by Jim Shaughnessy. “This is in Troy. I went down with my father in his pickup truck, because I thought it would be interesting to take some pictures under those types of conditions,” Shaughnessy said. “This happens repeatedly, but most people aren’t out there to photograph it, because they’re in their warm house. This is a crossing guard at the rail station. With the flash off the camera it doesn’t blind you. With a light on the camera in a snowstorm, all you get is a bunch of lit flakes in front of you. In a storm like that, there’s also a lot of ambient light.”
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Monday, January 19, 2015
Sunday, January 18, 2015
marmarinou: Text messaging in the analog era “Chicago,...
Text messaging in the analog era
“Chicago, Illinois. Telegraph switch board of the Pennsylvania railroad in the Pennsylvania telegraph room at the Union Station.”
Photo by Jack Delano
January 1943
Library of Congress
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edward-waterfield: Pennsylvania 5401 July 14, 1929. “New Boston...
Pennsylvania 5401
July 14, 1929. “New Boston train, ‘The Senator,’ at Washington’s Union Station, departing at 12:30 p.m. The train is to arrive in Boston at 10 p.m., cutting 3½ hours off the time made by the other two Pennsylvania line trains there, the Federal and Colonial expresses.” Harris & Ewing glass negative.
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Saturday, January 17, 2015
formfollowsfunctionjournal: ATSF Atchison Topeka Santa Fe...
ATSF Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railroad Brakeman Preparing Lunch 1943 by Jack Delano.
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Browns Beach Vest
ATSF Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railroad Employee Lunch On Caboose 1943 by Jack Delano.
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Friday, January 16, 2015
furtho: nicenature’s photograph of a train on the Kominato...
nicenature’s photograph of a train on the Kominato Line, Chiba, Japan (by nicenature)
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Thursday, January 15, 2015
marmarinou: Caption: “Snagging the orders. GTW freight at...
Caption: “Snagging the orders. GTW freight at Griffith IN, June 1968.”
Photo by Larry Sallee
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
marmarinou: JWB-PRR-CT-00x by barrigerlibrary on Flickr. Lord...
JWB-PRR-CT-00x by barrigerlibrary on Flickr.
Lord Mountbatten on a visit to Chicago
1930s
John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library
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Tuesday, January 13, 2015
formfollowsfunctionjournal: Laying first rails of new U.S....
Laying first rails of new U.S. railroad at Ship Creek 1900
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Monday, January 12, 2015
qstation: Promotional photograph of passengers boarding a...
Promotional photograph of passengers boarding a Hi-Level Car on the Santa Fe Railway, ca. 1940-50
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Sunday, January 11, 2015
themanonfive: "Looking west along the Lake Street elevated...
"Looking west along the Lake Street elevated tracks from Wells Street after an "L" car derailed in 1951. The car scraped a corner of the signal tower (note the arrow) before coming to a stop."
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marmarinou: Classic Caboose by hoosier hobbies on...
Classic Caboose by hoosier hobbies on Flickr.
Caption: “Wearing it’s as delivered paint scheme, EJ&E caboose 540 trails a freight entering Joliet Yard on 3/15/1964. The spelled out name on these cabooses did not last very long.”
Photo by John Eagan
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Saturday, January 10, 2015
marmarinou: Cicero, Illinois. Engineer oiling his engine and...
Cicero, Illinois. Engineer oiling his engine and climbing into the cab of his engine at the roundhouse at the Clyde yard of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.
1943
Photos by Jack Delano
Library of Congress
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marmarinou: Cicero, Illinois. Switchmen at the Clyde yard of...
Cicero, Illinois. Switchmen at the Clyde yard of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.
1943
Photos by Jack Delano
Library of Congress
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Friday, January 9, 2015
marmarinou: Thomas Madrigal greasing a locomotive in the...
Thomas Madrigal greasing a locomotive in the roundhouse, Rock Island R.R., Blue Island, Ill. (LOC) by The Library of Congress on Flickr.
Thomas Madrigal greasing a locomotive in the roundhouse, Rock Island R.R., Blue Island, Ill. (LOC)
Photo by Jack Delano
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marmarinou: Multiple Unit Train Control Testing by cta web on...
Multiple Unit Train Control Testing by cta web on Flickr.
Multiple Unit Train Control Testing
122 years ago today, the first ‘L’ service began on the South Side ‘L’ between Congress and 39th Street (now Pershing Road).
The line, built by the Chicago and South Side Rapid Transit Company, was quickly extended to Jackson Park for the Columbian Exposition and World’s Fair of 1893, began its history with wooden cars that had rattan seats, etched glass windows and were pulled by coal-burning steam locomotives.
As technology advanced, lines like these would soon begin conversion to more efficient and less-expensive electrical propulsion to move trains. The South Side ‘L’ ended up doing something innovative, though: They retained Frank J. Sprague as a consultant for their electrification program who’d been working on a new railway technology that could allow them to do away with locomotives and instead put motors under multiple cars on trains of flexible and varying length, all of which would be simultaneously controlled from the front of the train. Sprague’s Multiple Unit Train Control tech or “MU,” would be tested and proven in 1897 on the South Side ‘L’ and, following gradual conversion of cars, would first be implemented for an in-service trip on April 15, 1898. The South Side ‘L’ quickly upgraded the rest of its fleet for MU and within a few years Chicago’s other elevated railroads would, too. Though the details of how MU works has evolved greatly over the years, it remains a core concept of how our trains function—and those of pretty much every other elevated/metro/subway/multi-car tram system in the world!
This photo shows Sprague, among others, on April 16, 1898—just about 6 years after the line opened—on the electric South Side Rapid Transit Car #139, on a solo test run, on the Congress Stub, which went to the original terminal over Congress between State/Wabash, before the line was connected to the Loop via the Harrison curve (background, left). The stub had been used as an out-of-Loop terminal before the subways were built when the Loop couldn’t accommodate all the trains that were being sent to it.
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Thursday, January 8, 2015
themanonfive: Unloading luggage from the Burlington Zephyr,...
Unloading luggage from the Burlington Zephyr, Union Station, 1948
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Wednesday, January 7, 2015
calumet412: Streetcar servicing Lincoln Park to the city limit...
Streetcar servicing Lincoln Park to the city limit on the north side via Clark Street, 1890, Chicago.
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Tuesday, January 6, 2015
marmarinou: Santa Fe RR freight train about to leave for the...
Santa Fe RR freight train about to leave for the West Coast from Corwith yard, Chicago, Ill., Santa Fe R.R. trip (LOC) by The Library of Congress on Flickr.
Santa Fe RR freight train about to leave for the West Coast from Corwith yard, Chicago, Ill., Santa Fe R.R. trip (LOC)
Photo by Jack Delano 1943
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marmarinou: Captions: Top photo: “Santa Fe U28cg (356) awaits...
Captions:
Top photo: “Santa Fe U28cg (356) awaits departure from Dearborn Street Station with Train #23 to Los Angeles.” October 11, 1968.
Middle photo: “Viewed from atop the Roosevelt Road overpass, a different version of the “Texas Chief” arrives behind two of Santa Fe’s unique U28cg models, with 351 leading. The Railway Post Office car is still included, as the removal of the mail from trains to trucks has not commenced in earnest yet.” May 21, 1967.
Bottom photo: “Santa Fe PA1 #78 leads an identical second unit as they depart Dearborn Street Station with w.b. “Grand Canyon” to Los Angeles, and swing around the curve at 14th Street to change their heading from southward to southwest, and their destination of Los Angeles.” February 4, 1968.
Chicago
Photos by Paul Enenbach
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Monday, January 5, 2015
marmarinou: 1940’s Let’s All Get Steamed Up - Keep ‘Em Rolling...
1940’s Let’s All Get Steamed Up - Keep ‘Em Rolling - Union Pacific Railroad by Keijo Knutas on Flickr.
1940’s Let’s All Get Steamed Up - Keep ‘Em Rolling - Union Pacific Railroad
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marmarinou: National Geographic Magazine Advertisement by...
National Geographic Magazine Advertisement by Jasperdo on Flickr.
National Geographic Magazine Advertisement
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Sunday, January 4, 2015
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