South End of Union Station
- Title:
- South End of Union Station
- 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:
- 5003pb53f051
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- TRRA
- Internal Number:
- #31
- Exhibit Number:
- P-56
- File Name:
- 5003pb53f051.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Train Shed
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Railroad tracks
Locomotives
Express service
Railroad stations
Railroad switches
Railroad cars
Railroad passenger cars - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Cars in a platform with mail and express cars, men working in and about the car. Platform very often on fireman side of engine. Note roadway in foreground of photo, used constantly by tractor drivers. During moving mail "full wagon" and express to be loaded. A very dangerous crossing, fireman observing conditions while engineer taking signals or vice versa. Poor lighting in station Debris and trash, weeds cluttering up the area. This is a view of Union Station, and shows a Pennsylvania road engine at center of photo. Also at the right center of the picture notice the hand wagons that are loaded with mail and express. These wagons, the people who handle them, and the passengers who try to get on and off moving trains must be kept under observation by whichever member of the engine crew is able to see them; sometimes this is only the fireman. Notice the ground signals at the extreme left and the unkempt conditions around them. Signals are passed by hand on both sides of the engine in Union Station. Locomotive No. 5841
- 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:
- 51
- 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.