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Title: SP 9612 1LBCHT - 07 at Bedfor Park, Illinois Meeting Belt Railway of Chicago Locomotive 602
Date: 1992 - 05 - 10

Title: Robert L. Coe
Date: 1952-05-10
Description: Robert L. Coe, sales manager of Union Electric Company, congratulated the price winners in the table-setting contest. From the left are Mrs. W. F. McLean, Mrs. James F. Williams, Mrs. Eugene F. Williams, who presented the awards; Mrs. Eugene A. Erker and Mrs. J. Edward Sommers.

Title: SP 7856 1CHPBM - 12 at Willow Springs, Illinois
Date: 1992 - 10 - 21

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: R. V. Slaton
Date: 1936-06-10
Description: R.V. Slaton, 2329 Virginia avenue, is shown being congratulated by City Judge George G. Vest after Slaton had shown his interest in the crusade against accidents by driving his automobile through the Globe-Democrat Safety Lane , and receiving the sticker of approval. Judge vest is pointing to the sticker of approval given all cars that pass the safety tests.

Title: SP 8145 at Nerska, Illinois
Date: 1994 - 10 - 10

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: Southern Pacific Undercutter and Its Maintenance-Of-Way Crew at Indio, California
Date: 1978 - 10
Description: Maintenance of the ballast layer directly below the ties is an essential part of a healthy track structure, as ballast degrades over time and becomes increasingly fouled reducing its ability to drain, provide adequate load bearing support, and withstand vertical, lateral, and longitudinal forces. Southern Pacific used specially trained crews who operated undercutter equipment to restore ballast that had become fouled. The excavated material could either be fully discarded or screened and returned to the track, with only the finer parts of the ballast not being recycled.

Title: Southern Pacific and Cotton Belt Station Buildings at Corsicana, Texas
Date: 1980 - 10
Description: Depicted are the new station building and the former station building undergoing removal at Corsicana, Texas.

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: Globe-Democrat recipients of the Outstanding Baseball-Track Performers
Date: 1968-06-10, 1968-06-15
Description: Named the first recipients of The Globe-Democrat trophies as the outstanding baseball-track performers in the St. Louis area this spring are Greg Johnson of East St. Louis (Lincoln) and Bernie Boehmer of St. Dominic High School in O'Fallon, Mo. All Smiles at the presentation ceremonies are (left to right) Lincoln track coach George Holliday, Johnson, Boehmer, and St. Dominic athletic director Ed Crenshaw. St. Dominic baseball coach Jerry Boehmer, Bernie's brother, is the Chicago White Sox's club at Appleton, Wis., and was unable to attend.

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.

Title: All Shook Up
Date: 1981-10-28
Description: IBM Corporation engineer Mike Massey peers through a window at the company in Austin, Texas site as an IBM Displaywriter undergoes vibration testing. The company evaluates its products during various stages of development to determine their ability to withstand jarring.

Title: St. Louis Globe-Democrat January 10, 1888
Date: 1888-01-10

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