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View of activities at the C.T.C. siding in Shafter, California. A northbound Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's passenger train is passing by on the main line, while an ALSO switch engine #2337 pulls a load of refrigerator cars, loaded with potatoes, on to the new long siding from a spur. Also visible are a man standing next to the switch engine, utility poles and lines, a portion of Central Valley Highway #43, and buildings in the background.
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: June 4, 1952
Item Number: 50134
Call Number: ATSF Series 8, #92-3K
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 50134
Agriculture - Crops - Vegetables - Potatoes
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Freight trains
Business and Industry - Railroad - Locomotives - Diesel
Business and Industry - Railroad - Passenger trains
Business and Industry - Railroad - Rolling stock - Refrigerator cars
Business and Industry - Railroad - Tracks
Collections - Photograph - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Date - 1950s - 1952
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Other States - California
Thematic Time Period - Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Freight trains
Transportation - Railroads - Locomotives - Diesel
Transportation - Railroads - Passenger trains
Transportation - Railroads - Rolling stock - Refrigerator cars
Type of Material - Photographs
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