View is to the North at CD Yard
- Title:
- View is to the North at CD Yard
- 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:
- 38.591848,-90.142451
- Latitude:
- 38.591848
- Longitude:
- -90.142451
- Location:
- East St. Louis, IL
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb58f038
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- TRRA
- Internal Number:
- #54
- Exhibit Number:
- P-38
- File Name:
- 5003pb58f038.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Railroad tracks
Locomotives
Railroad crossings
Railroad cars
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroads--Freight
Railroads--Signaling - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Engine 598 backing around curve. Signal on pole, fireman's side. Road crossing in right center of photo not protected. Engine at left enter, holding in clear, note fireman side in view and in good position if move by engine 598 was coming into yard of leaving yard. This is a very congested area and trains move around this curve, also on tracks visible in foreground and on tracks on left. NY Central RR Unit No. 7108 This is a companion photo to P-37 with a view to the east. It shows the train with engine No. 598 coming around a curve. Only the fireman on No. 598 has a view of the NYC train to the left and of the road crossing. There is a heavy flow of traffic in this yard and very close clearance. Notice the weeds in left center of photo which obstruct vision and the close clearance of the car and building at the right center of the picture.
- 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:
- 58
- Folder:
- 38
- 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.