Lehigh Valley Railroad Wilkes-Barre Yard and Pennsylvania Railroad Freight House Yard
- Title:
- Lehigh Valley Railroad Wilkes-Barre Yard and Pennsylvania Railroad Freight House Yard
- 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:
- 41.243443,-75.877879
- Latitude:
- 41.243443
- Longitude:
- -75.877879
- Site:
- Wilkes Barre Yards
- Location:
- Wilkes Barre, PA
Wilkes Barre Yards - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb53f016
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- LV
PRR - Internal Number:
- #108
- Exhibit Number:
- Z-8
- File Name:
- 5003pb53f016.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Railroad cars
Railroad tracks
Railroad yards
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroad crossings
Railroads--Signaling
Railroads--Freight
Railroad stations
Industries (organizations) - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Track on left, called No. 2, leads to the Lehigh Valley Station and PRR Freight House. The PRR uses these tracks to place cars in the Wiles-barre produce markets. The tracks next to the Freight House lead to Buttonwood Yard. The signal in the middle of the photograph is for the LVRR main track movement through this area. To the right of the signal are the LVRR yard tracks, where switching is performed for movement of cars to Coxton Yard. Industrial switching performed in this 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:
- 16
- 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.