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Title: Meet of SP 7133 and SP 6842 at Bedford Park, Illinois
Date: 1992 - 07 - 31
Description: Two SPSLC trains meet on trackage owned by the Belt Railway of Chicago (BRC) in Bedford Park, Illinois on July 31, 1992. As Southern Pacific owned less than 2,000 feet of trackage in the greater Chicago area, it elected to use the BRC as its terminal in Chicago. The BRC also provided a number of services for Southern Pacific such as cleaning and servicing locomotives and performing air brake

Title: SP 7936W at Tower 121 in San Antonio, Texas
Date: 1977 - 07 - 30

Title: Working in Another Medium
Date: 1979-05-07
Description: Working in Another Medium, more than 1,000 students from fourth grade through senior high school contributed poetry and essays to a contest sponsored by the Globe-Democrat. First place winners were Donna Schweiger of Freeburg, Ill., senior division; Brook A. Reinhold of St. Louis, junior division; and John Alldredge of Caseyville, Ill, intermediate division. Second-place winners were Denise Ann

Title: International Business Machine Corp. Building
Date: 1981-07-04

Title: The Intermodal Railcar Fleet prior to the Double Stack Revolution
Date: October 20, 2024, October 20, 2024
Description: The Intermodal Railcar Fleet prior to the Double Stack Revolution.A comparison of the Intermodal fleet in 1988 compared to 2024 shows the impact of the double stack container car revolution. In 1988 conventional cars (AAR code P) represented 89% of the fleet whereas in 2024 they represented less than one half of one percent of the fleet. In 1988 the nascent double stack container car (AAR code S

Title: Southern Pacific Rail Detector Car and SP 7625 Meet at Ravenna, California
Date: 1978 - 07

Title: SP 8030 1CBSMF - 28 at Hinesdale, Illinois
Date: 1991 - 07 - 28

Title: SP 9356W MBSMF at McQueeny, Texas
Date: 1982 - 07 - 10

Title: 10,000th New Car Built at Southern Pacific's Sacramento, California Shops
Date: 1954 - 10 - 20
Description: A photograph of the 10,000th railroad car built at Southern Pacific's shop in Sacramento, California.

Title: Abandonment of Southern Pacific Trackage Between Quinif, Texas and Rosebud, Texas
Date: 1978-07-19
Description: Abandonment of Southern Pacific trackage between Quinif, Texas (Milepost 119.7) and Rosebud, Texas (Milepost 133.7) on Southern Pacific's former Cameron to Waco, Texas branch line. This abandonment was authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission on July 19, 1978.

Title: Modern Safety Light Standards
Date: 1936-06-07
Description: Modern safety light standards and pedestrian "islands," as proposed by the Committee of Municipal Enforcement of Gov. Guy B. Parks Missouri State Safety Traffic Committee, are shown above. Maj. Albert Bond Lambert, vice president of the St. Louis Police Board, is Chairman of the Municipal Enforcement Committee. An important feature of the recommendations of the state committee is the deflective design of the bases of the standards, which swerve the vehicle away from the light pillars instead of permitting them to the standards.

Title: Southern Pacific Yard at Yoakum, Texas
Date: 1983 - 07
Description: Depicted is the west end of the Southern Pacific yard at Yoakum, Texas.

Title: Direct Wirephoto Service Inaugurated
Date: 1954-11-20
Description: Direct Associated Press Wirephoto service was inaugurated by the Globe-Democrat yesterday. The new facilities are located on the fifth floor of the Globe-Democrat Building adjoining the news department. John Kinman, AP traffic bureau chief in St. louis, watches August Eimer, an operator, remove a negative from the receiver.

Title: Discuss New Downtown Building
Date: 1981-07-02
Description: Discuss new downtown building: Robert A. Mueller, right, of Sverdrup Corp., discusses construction plans on the new 910 North Eleventh Building with two of the building's major tenant, Charles L. Cramer, left, of United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. and Kennett C. Johnson, of Batz-Hodgson-Neuwoehner Inc. Sverdrup is designer and developer of the Convention Plaza buildings due for completion next spring.

Title: Look! Up There! It's Torn Loose!
Date: 1969-08-19, 1969-08-20
Description: Spectators look at a cornice (circle) which tore loose Tuesday from the Holland Building, 211 North 7th St. In closeup of the area at right, workmen dislodge the crumbling section of terra cotta with a crowbar. A crowd of several hundred watched as the section shattered on the street without doing any substantial damage.

Title: International Business Machine Corp. Building
Date: 1978-07-25
Description: A $48 million, 31-story office complex in downtown St. Louis, which would be the largest in Missouri, had been delayed again. The reason: the owners are concerned about rising construction prices. The office complex would provide hundreds of construction jobs and could be the key to further downtown development. The building is planned by the First National Bank in St. Louis, International Business Machines Corp. and Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States for two-block area just west of Busch Memorial Stadium.

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