General view of one of the classification yards of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, Chicago, Ill. (LOC)

Making Clouds

Renovating a Steam Engine for MounT Hood RailRoad

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Add your note here.Bangladesh.

to much polution....

Wonder what this dude's up to . . .

Nice Chicago winter photo, even with the light snow

What a beautiful Pattern

That's STEAM...not pollution. While coal produced some pollution, most of it was soot that came down with the next rain or snowfall. Without steam trains...America never would have reached this level of prosperity.

the last century

Thanks..don't mind if I do...hello from Tallahassee,Florida!

This is a beautiful photograph

using the date of the photograph, i'm going to leap to the conclusion that he's looking for japanese or german saboteurs

This is Proviso yard in Melrose Park, IL

Possibly he's inspecting the track, or maybe just making his way across the yard?

Greetings from Bristol, ME!

Based on the date of the photograph, he's "throwing" the switch. In those days, many yard switches were activated by hand.

General view of one of the classification yards of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, Chicago, Ill. (LOC) by The Library of Congress.

Delano, Jack,, 1914-, photographer.

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

1942 Dec.

1 transparency : color.

Notes:
Proviso Yards.
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

Subjects:
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
World War, 1939-1945
Snow
Railroad shops & yards
Railroad sidings
United States--Illinois--Melrose Park

Format: Transparencies--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-1 (DLC) 93845501

General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34680

Call Number: LC-USW36-586

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Comments

Nathan Gilmer says:

These pictures are great. I am really happy that the Library of Congress is doing this.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

bootsartemis says:

Wonderful photo! Ditto, I am happy LC is doing this. I was 1 month old when this was taken, in Illinois to boot, and this scene brings back fond memories.

The more railroad pictures you post, the better! Bravo and thank you.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

nihiels says:

What a fantastic serie of beautiful photos.
Fantastic that the Library of Congress is doing this.

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Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

BuenosAiresPhotographer.com says:

This is a real treasure of the public domain. I think it is fantastic to make these available through Flickr, the best photo sharing site around.

It is a shame they have not uploaded the full resolution images. The LOC's own site will often have 20MB scans of these photos. I've made some beautiful prints of New York's Penn Station from there.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

JHSayers says:

Thomas, the link to the persistent URL in the description area will take you to a high-resolution version of the image. Good luck!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

ed.tapanes says:

Thanks JHSayers! Saved me from having to search their PPOC site.

This is quite exciting! Some real beautiful stuff to be found in there.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

shaycam says:

The Library of Congress isn't just one of my favorite buildings... it's now probably my favorite Flickr contact.

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Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

false_profit65 says:

I absolutely love Jack Delano's work. Thank you so very much to the LOC for posting these photos on Flickr!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

tinney says:

Wonderful work.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

playerx says:

neat train picture :)
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Cavutto says:

This is to good for words. Thank you LOC! Love the catalog description too. Well organized.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Extra Medium says:

A brilliant collection and a wonderful idea. Thanks for using flickr!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

jonknet says:

Thank you so much for releasing these images on flickr. Wow, what a spectacle!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

aqui-ali says:

very nice. Awesome idea.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

fixedgear says:

Yeah, fan mail for my tax dollars at work! Seriously, two thumbs up, thanks.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Grafialuz says:

good project! very thanks!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Ruud Raats says:

Beautiful picture; great project
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

The Library of Congress says:

We’re glad you’re enjoying them. We're pleased to be able to share the photographs with such enthusiastic viewers!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Joji- says:

Wonderful project!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Fried Toast (Spokane) says:

Excellent shot. Felt bad I couldn't add any tags ;) Everyone seems to be doing a good job of it.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

CzechR says:

Great idea, thanks !
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Martin Ujlaki says:

Cool idea !

Now if we can just get our own Canadian Government to do the same thing up here.... ;-)
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

carthaghost says:

Railroads draw a flower blossoming.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

marikeeler says:

yes!!! thank you! this is amazing.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

marmalade*photography says:

awesome project, making these accessible easily by the people
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

JGNY says:

Thank You for all the work that must have gone into this. What an amazing collection.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

jp_ryan says:

Neato.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

quarxdmz says:

we do not have much railroads here where I live, sure it is nice to see an oldie.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Lette McNamara says:

I see a lot of these on Shorpy, and this makes me an instant fan of the LOC, these are incredibly beautiful images :)
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

ericsballoons says:

this is what tax dollars were meant for :)
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

roderick says:

Finally the Internet starts to live up to its promise!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

www.unlimitedclass.com says:

Awesome pictures!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Dr. Engineer-001 says:

Publishing all these excellent historic photos for everyone to enjoy is a wonderful project!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Exothermic says:

this is cool

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Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

ACFred says:

I have an ongoing project (brand new, of course), started in an effort to help restore the color to these images, but also try to maintain the integrity and charm of the original.
Here is the adjusted photo:
www.flickr.com/photos/alec_fredericks/sets/72 157603732346...
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Fabry - Life in pictures says:

This is great!!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Anne Toal says:

Anyone who knows where this was taken, please geotag it.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

...and then there was no tesco [deleted] says:

These pictures are AMAZING. They make me realize how much work I have to do as a photographer. ;)
This is a great idea. I may never have seen a lot of these any other way.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Delano says:

attaboy
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

photony1 says:

great to see these!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

scheiro says:

Wonderful idea!!! I love these great pictures.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Exquisitely Bored in Nacogdoches says:

It does look like something I've seen at Shorpy.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

A.K.M.Ali hossain. says:

Good and Nice photo.

Good photo
Lighting- is Nice.
Composition-Ok.
Focusing-Ok
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Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

koobz says:

i think you are my favourite flickr contact by far
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

barry_steam says:

This is what makes you realize that some taxes are worth it! Keep up the great work!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

mospirit says:

Wow, I wish the feds would increase the funding for the NEA. We're lucky to see all of this.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

westerville_public_library says:

This is an amazing collection. We are glad to see other institutions using flickr to display extraordinary pictures. The Westerville Public Library is doing something similar using the Flickr API to celebrate the city's 150th anniversary. Take a look:

www.westervillelibrary.org/timeline/

www.flickr.com/photos/westerville_public_libr ary/

Keep up the amazing job!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

ciaostefanel says:

I love that the LOC is bringing American History to life. Thanks for taking on this initiative and providing all of these wonderful images for easy Flickr viewing. I can't get enough!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Rob Scumaci says:

Excellent idea. Kudos to the Library of Congress and Flickr.

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Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

The Blind Glass says:

This is WONDERFUL! So much history capured so timelessly.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

ian.bernstein says:

So this is how clouds are made!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

djmark1972 says:

this is so great. so happy to discover this. thanks for posting these amazing historical photos!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

sajame says:

I don't understand: Why is there absolutely no metadata in the files we all can download via the All Sizes link? Why not IPTC?
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Fried Toast (Spokane) says:

Perhaps because no one had time to enter any into the file? I would imagine there are tens of thousands of images (if not more) that need updating. But likely no one to do it (or very few people). I can't pretend to know the answer to your question, but considering the photo was taken in the 1940s, I have to hazard a guess that the camera didn't automatically insert any IPTC data when it was taken. Perhaps if you can find the photographer, you can ask why he/she didn't use a better camera.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

fixedgear says:

You've heard of film, right? ;-) I'm pretty sure those film cameras were lacking the metadata.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

rlorsbac says:

Haha making clouds...
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

PeteJ_1980 says:

Only just found this set of shots, brilliant use of Flickr! What a nice way to spend a day at work, viewing 3000 odd photos!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

hot_tea says:

I love the feel of this one.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Craig Jewell says:

Wow. These photos are fantastic. I may be putting a few of these on my office walls :)

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tsevis says:

Beautiful!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

A.K.M.Ali hossain. says:

Hi,
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Ozan™ says:

great! thanks for sharing so many photos!
I have just seen a report on german state tv (WDR) about this idea!
regards.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

chirugby says:

One suggestion: It looks like the images aren't tagged by the photographer's name. That would be very helpful for searching.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Fried Toast (Spokane) says:

Add the tag :) It's a team effort, chirugby :)
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

SS&SS says:

Wonderful collection ---------great pic all of them
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

~FurSid says:

nice project!

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Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Cliff Francoeur says:

Thank you so much for posting this wonderful series! So many of these photos I'd probably never have the opportunity to see any other way.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Ilya Eric Lee says:

這張圖片真美！感謝你們為全人類作的事情！
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

络非 says:

非常棒的计划，谢谢！
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Colonel Flick says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Are You Experienced?, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Randy's Dailies says:

I LIKE this, library of congress. Keep up the good work.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Karyn Womach says:

Excellent, Thank you!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

korestore says:

Thanks for adding this pictures to Flickr, this is a treasure !
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

hugh1936uk says:

needs another tag UK english

"marshalling yard"
www.wordwebonline.com/en/MARSHALLINGYARD
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

goldsmith.barbara says:

It's a beautiful photograph!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

moookau says:

This is beautiful - and this is coming from a Chicago native! -saves-

What a treasure! <3
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Opio_29 [deleted] says:

Magnifica muestra del pasado en color. Gracias por quitarnos de la retina del pasado el B.N.

Paz
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

A.K.M.Ali hossain. says:

Thanks
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

G.W.D says:

Delano, Jack,, 1914-1997, photographer.
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

goldnmoon (away) says:

Great pic.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

kumar303 says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called freightyards, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

lalframes says:

"old is gold" !!

nice one........!!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

ಶುಕ್ರ says:

amazing details !
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

manfred-hartmann says:

wonderful picture,
very beautiful shot ! !

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masoud khamis says:

great shor >

Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Next generation photo says:

waaw so sweet
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

thinkfromscratch says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Chicago 2016 Olympic Games (Support Group), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 5 weeks ago. ( permalink )

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