Shorpy has been on a Train Kick this year. Updated 3/2/2025

@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

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How did she get up and down?

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

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How did she get up and down?

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