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Painting a car at the repair or "rip" tracks at North Proviso(?), C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

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painting

General view of one of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad classification yards, Chicago, Ill.

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A general view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso(?) yard, Chicago, Ill.

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Truck trailers loading and unloading at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

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A train pulling out of the freight house at C & NW RR's Proviso(?) yard, Chicago, Ill.

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Car jacked up for repairs on the repair tracks, North Proviso, C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

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Train going over the hump at the C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

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Locomotives over the ash pit at the roundhouse and coaling station at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yards, Chicago, Ill.

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train coal mining

The regular tracks of the South Yards, at C & NW RR's Proviso (?) yard, Chicago, Ill.

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View of a Chicago and Northwestern railroad freight house. A long line of truck trailers are loading and unloading goods, Chicago, Ill.

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The freight house at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard. In the foreground are old cars used as living quarters for some yard workers and itinerant help; Chicago, Ill.

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Greasing a locomotive in the roundhouse at Proviso (?) yard, C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

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In the roundhouse at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard, Chicago, Ill.

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Switchman throwing a switch at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

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General view of part of the rip tracks at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

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General view of part of classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill.

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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

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coal mining

Freight cars in the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad classification yard(?), Chicago, Ill. General view of Proviso yard

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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.

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Mike Evans, a welder, at the rip tracks at Proviso yard of the C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.

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A.S. Gerdee, of 3251 Maypole(?) Street, working as a switchman at Proviso yard of C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.

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Joseph Klesken washing up after a day's work at the rip tracks at Proviso yards of the C & NW RR., Chicago, Ill.

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Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill, C&NWRR. William London has been a railroad worker 25 years - now working at the roundhouse at the Proviso yards

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Melrose Park (near Chicago), Ill.; C & NW RR; Roy Nelin, a box packer in the roundhouse at the Proviso yard

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