The L&N and Southern Freight Houses
- Title:
- The L&N and Southern Freight Houses
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N): Birmingham Division, yards, passenger terminals, and industries
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Dubose, L.A.
- Date:
- 1960
- Coordinates:
- 33.517801,-86.795125
- Latitude:
- 33.517801
- Longitude:
- -86.795125
- Location:
- Birmingham, AL
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb54f057
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- LN
SOU - Internal Number:
- Ex. 32 - #23-123
- Exhibit Number:
- O-21
- File Name:
- 5003pb54f057.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Moore-Handley Hardware Co.
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Southern Railway (U.S.)
Industries (organizations)
Railroad tracks
Railroad cars
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroad yards
Railroads--Freight
Railroads--Equipment and supplies
Railroads--Maintenance and repair
Railroads--Employees
Bridges (built works) - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- This is a view of the Southern Railway freight house at 22nd Street, Birmingham, Alabama. In the middle of the photo, there is a walkway across the tracks that is used to move freight from one building to the other. Also, note the close clearance on the sides and overhead. There is a man walking from one car to another between the freight house in the center background. This gives some idea of the importance of having a fireman on the engine to warn the engineer of these conditions before coupling to the car. The cars spotted at the right side of the photo are at the L&N freight house. (This is the track you can see partly in exhibit O-20). Note also the box cars on the left side of the photo which are unloaded by trucks. There are men working around these cars and pedestrians who cut across the track to Morris Avenue from these buildings and warehouses. It is most important to have a fireman on the left side to watch for these conditions that an engineer could not see from the right side of the engine.
- 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:
- 54
- Folder:
- 57
- 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.