Eastward Approach to SP Tracks Located East of Steel Bridge
- Title:
- Eastward Approach to SP Tracks Located East of Steel Bridge
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Southern Pacific Railroad: Brooklyn Yards (Portland, Oregon)
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Pippy, Herman D.
- Coordinates:
- 45.527506,-122.669247
- Latitude:
- 45.527506
- Longitude:
- -122.669247
- Site:
- Steel Bridge
- Location:
- Portland, OR
Steel Bridge - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb55f061
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- SP
- Internal Number:
- 23.-57
- Exhibit Number:
- S
- File Name:
- 5003pb55f061.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Sears
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Bridges (built works)
Railroad cars
Railroad tracks
Railroad switches
Railroads--Signaling
Railroads--Freight - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Two center tracks are Union Pacific main tracks to and from Portland. Curvature of tracks. Impaired vision and first observation of interlocking signals by SP fireman operating eastward on S.D.9 locomotives. Debris on flatcar.
- 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:
- 55
- Folder:
- 61
- 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.