The year is 1943 and we’re on the Indiana Harbor Belt line. Switchman Daniel Senise is seen waiting for the movement after lining a switch while at work in an IHB railroad yard. Jack Delano photograph.
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Raised in LaGrange Park, Illinois where the Belt Line ran through town,crossing five tracks at grade, this was scene from my youth, including when my mother drove me to trumpet lessons! I was always glad to be a bit late. Thanks for the memories. Roger