portable "step boxes"

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Yes, that was taken at Kemper Street station, looking north with the Fifth Street viaduct in the distance. -Ed Burnett, Lynchburg

>     On 10/26/2022 10:34 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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>     These slides are from the NWHS "Don Ball Collection". There are few shots that appear to have been taken the same day at Kemper Street with the same people.
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>     https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=90688
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>     https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=90634
>     https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=90816
>     https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=90786
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>     There is also this shot which looks like it might be Kemper street as well from the same collection. Can anyone verify?
>     https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=90803
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>     - Roger Link
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>     On Sun, Oct 23, 2022 at 8:41 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org mailto:nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org > wrote:
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>         > > Just recently ran across this nice step-box image again in the archives.
> >         It also wonderfully captures the interaction between the porter and the
> >         young passenger.
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> >         John Garner
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> >         https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=90688
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> >         ___________________
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> >         They were not used just at Crewe. I can remember seeing step boxes used
> >         at stations with platforms. That first step is pretty high for some
> >         people. The portable step boxes were pretty much standard in the 1940's
> >         and '50's. And, I think I remember, not just on the N&W.
> > 
> >         Jim Nichols
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