Break-up and Classification Yard
- Title:
- Break-up and Classification Yard
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Birmingham Southern Railroad: Industries and Yards
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Golden, James L., Jr.
- Date:
- 1960
- Coordinates:
- 33.506414,-86.909052
- Latitude:
- 33.506414
- Longitude:
- -86.909052
- Site:
- Ensley Yard
- Location:
- Birmingham, AL
Ensley Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb54f002
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- BS
- Internal Number:
- Ex. 36
- Exhibit Number:
- I-1
- File Name:
- 5003pb54f002.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Birmingham Southern Railroad Company
Railroad tracks
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroads--Signaling
Railroads--Freight
Railroad cars
Locomotives
Industries (organizations) - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- This yard is located south of the steel mills seen in photo, and north of 34th Street. There are 28 classifications tracks on the west side (to left of photo), and 4 leads from the main line on the east side of the yard. This is a kick yard. The building to the right is the yard office. Crews report for duty at the yard office and cross over to pick up their engines. The yard is also an interchange with Southern, L&N, and SLSF railroads.
- 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:
- 54
- Folder:
- 2
- 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.