Industrial siding, Victor Gasket Co
- Title:
- Industrial siding, Victor Gasket Co
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O): Chicago Division
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Redmond, James B.
- Date:
- 1960
- Coordinates:
- 41.842679,-87.753854
- Latitude:
- 41.842679
- Longitude:
- -87.753854
- Site:
- B&O Chicago Terminal, Cicero Switching District
- Location:
- Cicero, IL
B&O Chicago Terminal, Cicero Switching District - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb53f020
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- BO
- Internal Number:
- #100
- Exhibit Number:
- G-9
- File Name:
- 5003pb53f020.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Victor Gasket Co.
Debris
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Industries (organizations)
Railroad cars
Railroad tracks
Railroad crossings
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroads--Freight - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Picture shows a close view of the scrap car, where the debris lays alongside of the car. This constitutes a safety hazard because debris can cause train derailments. Also, the close clearance the of the building means that the signal passing happens on the fireman's side.
- 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:
- 20
- 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.