View in West End of Rankin Yard
- Title:
- View in West End of Rankin 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:
- 38.625535,-90.224232
- Latitude:
- 38.625535
- Longitude:
- -90.224232
- Site:
- Union Station, Rankin Yard
- Location:
- St. Louis, MO
Union Station, Rankin Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb53f044
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- TRRA
- Internal Number:
- #24
- Exhibit Number:
- P-39
- File Name:
- 5003pb53f044.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Railroad tracks
Locomotives
Railroad cars
Railroad passenger cars
Railroad switches
Railroad stations
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroad yards
Railroads--Employees
Railroads--Equipment and supplies - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Tracks converging to left, over grown with weeds in left of photo and all along lead. Engine pulling train in yard to the switch lead. Note position of switch man preparing to pass signals on left side of engine. Also standing on roadway used by supply trucks to deliver supplies to workmen. Other tracks at right of photo for spotting cars for loading or very close clearance. Note building in right center causing view to be obstructed. Note in center at left of photo blocking view of engine men when switching on track in left of photo. Very often the fireman has to locate switchman before shoving cars back on their track. This is a view facing east, and showing again what is called West Rankin yard (see P-21). All signals passed in this part of the yard are on the fireman's side. Notice the left-hand curvature of the tracks, the weeds, and the unkempt condition of this yard. The structure on the upper right is used to supply dining cars and there is very close clearance here. Also, note how visibility is obstructed to the left around the curve and the congestion of track near the center of the photo.
- 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:
- 44
- 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.