April 1943. "Trucks unloading at the inbound freight house of the Illinois Central Railroad, South Water Street freight
terminal, Chicago." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
December 1942. Chicago. "Locomotives lined up for coal, sand and water at the coaling station in the 40th Street yard
of the Chicago & North Western R.R." Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
March 1943. "Santa Fe R.R. yard at night, Kansas City, Kansas." Note the light trails made by the yard workers' torches in
this time exposure, as well as a phantom number (3167, at right) on a train that paused in front of the camera.
4x5 inch Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
March 1943. "Santa Fe streamliner Super Chief being serviced at the depot in Albuquerque.
Servicing these Diesel streamliners takes five minutes." 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the OWI.
April 1943. "Illinois Central R.R. freight cars in South Water Street terminal, Chicago."
Judging by the clock, this was a five-minute time exposure. Kodachrome transparency by
Jack Delano for the Office of War Information.
November 1942. "Loading copper ore at the open-pit mining operations of Utah Copper Company at Bingham Canyon."
Medium format nitrate negative by Andreas Feininger for the Office of War Information.
December 1942. "Locomotives in the Chicago and North Western departure yard about to leave for Clinton, Iowa."
Medium-format negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information.
March 1943. "Freight operations on the Chicago & North Western between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa.
The train going through Clinton to the yard two miles beyond." Photo by Jack Delano, Office of War Information.