National Archives at Atlanta

BROWSE ITEMS TAGGED "RAILROADS"

18 Items

Atlanta Station 1944-1945 View	These servicemen are scheduling transportation on trains leaving Atlanta Terminal Station... Tags: Georgia \| Railroads \| World War II
Steam Engine "Pershing" 1944-1945 View	The military-owned steam engine "Pershing" received some much-needed maintenance at Ft. Benning, Georgia after the war... Tags: Alabama \| Georgia \| Railroads \| World War II
44-Ton Diesel Locomotive 1944-1945 View	This photograph depicts a small 44-ton diesel switch engine owned by the U.S. Army. These 44-ton diesels had a central cab... Tags: Alabama \| Railroads \| World War II
Steam Engine Maintenance ca. 1944 View	Workers at the Montgomery Holding and Reconsignment Point perform maintenance on a U.S. Marine Corps steam engine... Tags: Alabama \| Railroads \| World War II
Rail and Vessel Traffic March 13, 1944 View	The Tampa Port Agency facilitated the transportation infrastructure requirements for daily rail and vessel traffic at its Jacksonville branch... Tags: Florida \| Railroads \| Transportation \| World War II
Railroad Lawsuit 1880-1884 View	In 1875 the strongest Civil Rights Act of the nineteenth century passed in Congress guaranteeing equal access to public facilities... Tags: African Americans \| Railroads \| Tennessee
Train Porters 1920-1921 View	In 1920, several African American train car porters filed suit against Southern Railroad Lines to be paid in accordance with the scope of duties... Tags: African Americans \| Georgia \| Railroads
Dining Car Discrimination May 1942 View	Complaints detailing discrimination in dining cars on the southbound L&N train led to the involvement of Thurgood Marshall, then Chief Counsel... Tags: African Americans \| Georgia \| Louisiana \| Railroads