Lower Yard of Buttonwood Yards
- Title:
- Lower Yard of Buttonwood Yards
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Central Railroad of New Jersey: Buttonwood Yards and Wilkes-Barre Interchange
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Stemrich, James
- Date:
- 1960
- Coordinates:
- 41.231894,-75.926579
- Latitude:
- 41.231894
- Longitude:
- -75.926579
- Site:
- Buttonwood Yards
- Location:
- Hanover Township, PA
Buttonwood Yards - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb53f012
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- CNJ
- Internal Number:
- #104
- Exhibit Number:
- Z-4
- File Name:
- 5003pb53f012.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Pit Tracks
Locomotives
Railroad cars
Railroad yards
Railroad tracks
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroads--Freight
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Railroads--Maintenance and repair
Railroads--Employees - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Track to the left are Pit Tracks, where engines are fueled, serviced, and stored. The fumes from the diesel engines can be hazardous to yard crews. Next tracks to right of Pit Track are called "The Flats." This is where yard crews switch the inbound trains in the lower yard. On occasion, yard crews have had been overcome by diesel fumes and have had to evacuate the yard.
- 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:
- 12
- 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.