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Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana. All during a detour over territory not belonging to this road, caused by a derailment at Calumet City, brakeman Lee High stays atop the caboose to be ready to signal the engineer
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Credit lineFreight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana. All during a detour over territory not belonging to this road, caused by a derailment at Calumet . 1943-01-01. Delano, Jack. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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