View to the North from 21st Street Bridge
- Title:
- View to the North from 21st Street Bridge
- 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:
- 5003pb53f048
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- TRRA
- Internal Number:
- #28
- Exhibit Number:
- P-9
- File Name:
- 5003pb53f048.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Train Shed
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Railroad tracks
Railroad cars
Locomotives
Railroad passenger cars
Railroad switches
Railroad stations
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroads--Employees
Railroads--Signaling
Bridges (built works) - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Showing curvature of tracks all to left side of engine (fireman's). Notice switchman passing signal on fireman's side of engine while engineer is on the alert for any movements from the tracks on his side of engine (right side of photo). Debris, weeds and objects near on and about tracks (left side of photo); also obstruction by building at upper left. Workmen engaged on tracks in upper left. People using walkway in upper center of photo can be best observed by fireman on diesel engine. Also high tension wires across yard overhead. Note the second lead car from engine very low hanging wire over car. This view is to the north from the 21st Street Bridge. It shows that when trains are switched in this yard (21st Street yard) all tracks curve to the fireman's side of the engine. The fireman also has the view of the footpath in the left-center of the photograph which is used by ground personnel. Also notice that the view of the tracks is obstructed by the building at the upper left.
- 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:
- 48
- 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.