File:SOUTHERN RAILWAY TRACK REPAIR CREW WORK AROUND EQUIPMENT USED TO REMOVE OLD RAILS AND REPLACE THEM WITH QUARTER MILE... - NARA - 556864.jpg
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Author |
Jim Pickerell, 1936-, Photographer (NARA record: 4588217) |
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Record creator InfoField | Environmental Protection Agency. (12/02/1970 - ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title |
SOUTHERN RAILWAY TRACK REPAIR CREW WORK AROUND EQUIPMENT USED TO REMOVE OLD RAILS AND REPLACE THEM WITH QUARTER MILE LONG RAILS IN A REGULAR PROGRAM TO IMPROVE THE COMPANY'S 10,531 MILES OF TRACK. IN 1974 SOUTHERN AVERAGED FOUR CREWS OF 50 TO 55 MEN. THEY LAID 91,808 TONS OF RAIL AND REPLACED 2,278,318 CROSS TIES. MAXIMUM SAFE SPEED ON THE COMPANY'S TRACK IS KEPT AT 60 MILES PER HOUR AND VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE SYSTEM CAN BE TRAVELED AT THAT SPEED |
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Depicted place |
Culpeper (Culpeper, Virginia, United States, North and Central America) inhabited place (38°28′01″N 77°58′59″W / 38.467°N 77.983°W / 38.467; -77.983; NARA geographical record) |
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Date |
October 1974 date QS:P571,+1974-10-00T00:00:00Z/10 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q38945047
Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S) |
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Record ID InfoField |
NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-412-DA-14412
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Source | U.S. National Archives and Records Administration | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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