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  • TitleL. I . R . R. trustee inspects speed control on Santa Fe
  • Call NumberTRAN_0605
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (TRAN 0606), some of which may also be described in this new record; Caption: "L. I. R. R. trustee inspects speed control on Santa Fe--[0605]: In cab of Santa Fe Diesel locomotive, trustee William H. Draper, Jr., of the Long Island Rail Road operates acknowledging switch used in connection with automatic speed control as device is explained to him by Roy Lister, Santa Fe train control engineer. 0606: George K. Thomas (right), signal engineer of the Santa Fe, points out an electric speed governor ... to ... William H. Draper, Jr. ... (third from left) and Samuel B. Higginbottom, signal engineer of the Long Island Rail Road as Roy Lister ... looks on. ... Similar equipment is being installed on the Long Island Rail Road under the Long Island's $6,000,000 safety program." Location is Dearborn Station in Chicago.
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Feb. 21, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from typed caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • SubjectRailroads -- Safety measures -- New York (State)
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationChicago (Ill.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.