View to Northwest from 21st Street Bridge
- Title:
- View to Northwest from 21st Street Bridge
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis: St. Louis Union Station and surrounding yards
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Neupert, Raymond A.
- Date:
- 1961
- Coordinates:
- 38.627156,-90.20792
- Latitude:
- 38.627156
- Longitude:
- -90.20792
- Site:
- Union Station
- Location:
- St. Louis, MO
Union Station - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb53f059
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- TRRA
- Internal Number:
- #40
- Exhibit Number:
- P-22
- File Name:
- 5003pb53f059.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Missouri Paper Stock Co.
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Railroad tracks
Railroad cars
Railroad passenger cars
Railroad switches
Railroad yards
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroads--Signaling
Railroads--Employees
Bridges (built works) - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Showing lower level of Jefferson Avenue passenger yards in part. Notice curvature of tracks into yards (upper left of photo), close clearance of cars in yards. Note ground signals, crossover etc. Notice upper center of photo showing trucks on railroad tracks and also on protected road crossing. Dirty unkempt condition of yard and surrounding tracks. Workmen using motor carts upper center of photo. Foot path across yard used by icemen, car cleaners electricians, etc. must be observed by engineer and yard crews to prevent personal injury. Missouri Paper Stock Co. building in background. This view is to the west from 21st Street Bridge. Part of the Jefferson Passenger yard is at the left center. Note how the tracks curve to the right and left. There is very little clearance between these cars and people who service them are in and about them. Also, notice the building at the right side of photograph and trucks and automobiles on and blocking this public street. In the movements of the freight cars the work is done sometimes on the fireman's side and sometimes on the engineer's side. In either case a lookout must be maintained by the fireman and engineer.
- Cite As:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs #5003 P. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
- Repository:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University
- Archival Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs (#5003 P)
- Box:
- 53
- Folder:
- 59
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the "U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs Collection" (Kheel Center collection: #5003 P) is believed to be in the public domain, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [https://www.library.cornell.edu/about/inside/policies/public-domain]. These images have been digitized from items in the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives at Cornell University Library. More information about the physical collection can be found here: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.