Shorpy has been on a Train Kick this year. Updated 10/8/2024

Pretty interesting so far. I'll have to look more into it when I get home from work this evening. Thanks for posting Marty.

Thanks for posting Marty. I grew up less than a mile from that I.C. yard, 30 minutes south of Chicago proper.

It had been long "dieselized " by then though LOL. Most nights I was lulled to sleep by idling Geeps.

It's CN territory now.

The Library of Congress has thousands of Jack Delano’s photographs both black and white and color that can be viewed online.

https://www.loc.gov/photos/?fa...es&q=Jack+Delano

https://www.loc.gov/photos/?fa...hs&q=Jack+Delano

Pete

Shorpy is a great site. One of my favorites to hunt around on.

Bob

@Norton posted:

The Library of Congress has thousands of Jack Delano’s photographs both black and white and color that can be viewed online.

Pete

Thanks Pete!

@RickO posted:

Thanks for posting Marty. I grew up less than a mile from that I.C. yard, 30 minutes south of Chicago proper.

It had been long "dieselized " by then though LOL. >>>>>>Most nights I was lulled to sleep by idling Geeps.<<<<<<<

It's CN territory now.

Or carbon monoxide😜

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

Or carbon monoxide😜

Wasn't aware that EMD two-stroke cycle Diesel engines produce "carbon monoxide".

@Hot Water posted:

Wasn't aware that EMD two-stroke cycle Diesel engines produce "carbon monoxide".

Here’s what I suggest to raise your awareness level. Lock yourself in an enclosed space with a running 2 stroke diesel. I’m also pretty sure it will also raise your carboxyhemoglobin level.

@Hot Water posted:

Wasn't aware that EMD two-stroke cycle Diesel engines produce "carbon monoxide".

You really weren’t aware that CO is a byproduct of diesel combustion?

Man I sure could sink some time on that website! I gotta get back on task now haha

Thanks for sharing!

Shorpy Continues with Trains!

Chicago, Illinois. General view of the north classification yard at an Illinois Central railyard.

A really good one today!

Chicago, Illinois. Locomotives in the Illinois Central railyard.

Another good one!

Chicago, Illinois. Maintenance crew repairing roundhouse tracks at an Illinois Central Railroad yard.

Another good one...

Conductor handling engineer copy of train orders before a Chicago and North Western freight pulls out of Chicago for Clinton, Iowa.

@Hot Water posted:

Wasn't aware that EMD two-stroke cycle Diesel engines produce "carbon monoxide".

You're a faithful EMD man, Jack.

@smd4 posted:

You really weren’t aware that CO is a byproduct of diesel combustion?

Diesel or coal, all bad for you and amazed all of us have lived as long as we have.  Some of us even survived the school playground  with a jungle gym made out of galvanized water pipe.

Burning coal.....produces particulate and gas emissions that may contain a number of harmful chemicals, such as benzene, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, and  polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. This statement from some site about burning coal, but the key take away is 'may contain'.  Guess coal loads need to come with an ingredient label.

More Shorpy Train photos

Chicago, Illinois. Locomotives in an Illinois Central Railroad yard.

Another good one!

Chicago, Illinois. One of the Chicago and North Western Railroad streamliner diesel electric locomotives

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

Here’s what I suggest to raise your awareness level. Lock yourself in an enclosed space with a running 2 stroke diesel. I’m also pretty sure it will also raise your carboxyhemoglobin level.

Lets see   Who do I believe in the debate   The guy that operated a diesel or a doctor that spent about 20 years in medical school   I tend to believe the doctor and the fumes must have affected the operators thinking

@bluelinec4 posted:

Lets see   Who do I believe in the debate   The guy that operated a diesel or a doctor that spent about 20 years in medical school   I tend to believe the doctor and the fumes must have affected the operators thinking

Ben - never claimed to be the best or the brightest, but, c’mon, gimme a break. I finished med. schl. in 17 years, not 20!🤪🤪🤪

And another good one.

Chicago, Illinois. Chicago & North Western Railroad switching and classification freight yards. One of the 'Challenger' engines at the coaling station

And even more Shorpy Train related photos!

Engineer and fireman thawing out air compressors on a cold morning at a Chicago and North Western railyard.

Chicago, Illinois. Switching and classification freight yards. Looking out toward the icehouse from the freighthouse at a yard of the Chicago and North Western Railroad.

Chicago, Illinois. Boiler makers inside the firebox of a locomotive on which they have been working in the roundhouse at a yard of the Chicago and North Western Railroad

And another for today!

Chicago, Illinois. Engineer taking a last look at the tender before going out on the road from a Chicago and North Western railyard.

Chicago, Illinois. In the roundhouse at a Chicago and North Western railyard.

They really like the Chicago and North Western.

Chicago, Illinois. Train clerk working on his lists in the hump office at a Chicago and North Western railyard.

@MartyE Marty, Note the two November 1942 calenders and the early vending (small) machine to the left with Hershey bars and raisins.

Thanks for posting these.

Tom

@PRR8976 posted:

@MartyE Marty, Note the two November 1942 calenders and the early vending (small) machine to the left with Hershey bars and raisins.

Thanks for posting these.

Tom

LOL!  I was literally checking those out this morning when I posted.  Hershey wrappers still looks the same.  I think there are Planter's Peanuts in the last slot.

All for what looks like 5 cents!

Good thread, Marty.

Chicago, Illinois. Hump master in a Chicago and North Western Railroad yard operating a signal switch system which extends the length of the hump track. He is thus able to control movements of locomotives pushing the train over the hump from his post at the hump office.

Second Version...

Hump master in a Chicago & North Western railroad yard operating a signal switch system which extends the length of the hump track. He is thus able to control movements of locomotives pushing the train over the hump from his post at the hump office.

“Conductor Only”

New Shorpy Railroad Picture!

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Champion No. 1 coal cleaning plant of Pittsburgh Coal Company.

Another "coal" photo!

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Champion No. 1 coal cleaning plant. Loading cars with clean coal.

4/4/2024

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Champion No. 1 cleaning plant. Loaded coal cars ready for market.

New 4-12-2024

Nelson, Illinois. Chicago and North Western Railroad freight en route from Clinton, Iowa, to Chicago. Stopping for coal and water to give passenger trains the right of way.

Missed a few days...

Freight operations of the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad. Grain elevator and mill at a siding of the Harbor Belt's Blue Island Yard south of Chicago.

Blue Island Yard of the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad with view of the icing platform.

Beaumont, Texas. Wartime occupational replacement by women in men's traditional jobs. Lady in signal tower who operates block signals for railroad crossing.

Icing platform of the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad. Blue Island Yard south of Chicago.

San Augustine, Texas. Story of a small town. The waiting room in the railroad station.

New Britain, Connecticut, is home to many essential war industries. A woman railroad crossing watcher letting down the gates until the train passes.

Chicago, Illinois. Switchmen riding one of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe diesel switch engines.

Marty,

Thanks for posting. All very interesting. The length of the icing platforms is quite long.

Tom

https://www.shorpy.com/node/27...ze=_original#caption
How did she get up and down?

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

https://www.shorpy.com/node/27...ze=_original#caption
How did she get up and down?

Note the rivets, holding the steps to the inside of the vertical support leg, facing the camera.