View from 18th Street Bridge Looking East
- Title:
- View from 18th Street Bridge Looking East
- 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:
- 38.627156,-90.20792
- Latitude:
- 38.627156
- Longitude:
- -90.20792
- Site:
- Union Station
- Location:
- St. Louis, MO
Union Station - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb53f026
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- TRRA
- Internal Number:
- #7
- Exhibit Number:
- P-7
- File Name:
- 5003pb53f026.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Railroad tracks
Railroad cars
Locomotives
Railroad crossings
Railroad passenger cars
Railroad switches
Bridges (built works)
Railroads--Employees
Railroads--Freight
Railroad yards
Railroads--Signaling - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Showing part of mail and express yards at left of photo. Freight yards at right. Note position of passenger train and converging tracks on fireman's side of passenger train; also workmen in lower left of photo. Notice cab of Diesel locomotive at extreme left, fireman in excellent position to observe any irregularities on moving passenger train, workmen in lower part of photo. Unkempt yard conditions. This view to the east from the 18th Street Bridge is similar to photograph P-4 and shows some workmen and trains in different positions. The train in the center is being shoved into the station. Notice the cab of the engine at the extreme left of the photograph which indicates how close the movements are. The cars at the extreme right are in the freight yard and show the proximity of freight and passenger movements. The engine at the extreme left center shows that the fireman has the view of adjacent tracks in back-up movements.
- 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:
- 26
- 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.