Chicago & North Western Railway Company,Hump Master,Signal Switch System,1942

Title: Hump master in a Chicago and Northwestern 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; Chicago, Ill.
Creator(s): Delano, Jack, photographer
Date Created/Published: 1942 Dec.
Notes:
Proviso Yards.
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
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Subjects:
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
World War, 1939-1945
Railroad employees
Railroad switches
Railroad shops & yards
United States--Illinois--Melrose Park
Transparencies--Color
Bookmark /fsa1992000671/PP/
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