Lower Yard 9
- Title:
- Lower Yard 9
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Boston and Maine Railroad (B&M): Boston Terminal Yards
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLE)
- Photographer:
- Dunn, Walter R.
- Date:
- 1960
- Coordinates:
- 42.374497,-71.076671
- Latitude:
- 42.374497
- Longitude:
- -71.076671
- Site:
- Boston Terminal Yards
- Location:
- Cambridge, MA
Boston Terminal Yards - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb54f031
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- BM
- Internal Number:
- Ex. 21-#30
- Exhibit Number:
- C
- File Name:
- 5003pb54f031.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Boston and Maine Railroad
Railroad yards
Railroad tracks
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroads--Freight
Railroads--Signaling
Locomotives
Locomotive firemen - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- This photograph shows: curve operations on tracks (from left to right) 21 to 35; switchback ground curving the opposite way in a congested area; partially signaled; entire main line behind tower "C" (with white roof in right background); to enter and cross main lines without air brakes; and with up to 40 cars by B&M rail. Fireman a constant lookout in both directions as above. Carefully note B&M Locomotive #1203 in background (in front of Boston Paper Board C. sign) on which a failure has occurred, and fireman checking engine room on left side to locate same.
- 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:
- 31
- 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.