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#17 Freight cars are maneuvered in a Chicago and North Western Railroad yard in December 1942.

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#17 Freight cars are maneuvered in a Chicago and North Western Railroad yard in December 1942.

Stunning Color Photos of Chicago’s Rail Yards from the 1940s by Jack Delano

#17 Freight cars are maneuvered in a Chicago and North Western Railroad yard in December 1942.

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←#16 The freight depot of the U.S. Army consolidating station in Chicago in April 1943.
#18 William London has been a railroad worker for 25 years, now working at the roundhouse at the Proviso yard. Photographed in December 1942.→

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