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This black and white photograph shows an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company employee with a radio-equipped "yardbird". This one man vehicle allows car inspectors to inspect freight trains in record time.
Creator: Erb, Don
Date: Between 1960 and 1969
Item Number: 306219
Call Number: ATSF Series 1, #79.52
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 306219
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Employees
Business and Industry - Railroad - Facilities - Rail yards
Collections - Photograph - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Date - 1960s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Employees
Transportation - Railroads - Facilities - Rail yards
Type of Material - Photographs
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