North End of the Boyles Departure and Hump Yard
- Title:
- North End of the Boyles Departure and Hump Yard
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N): Birmingham Division, yards, passenger terminals, and industries
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Dubose, L.A.
- Date:
- 1960
- Coordinates:
- 33.574641,-86.787681
- Latitude:
- 33.574641
- Longitude:
- -86.787681
- Site:
- Boyles Yard
- Location:
- Birmingham, AL
Boyles Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb54f034
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- LN
- Internal Number:
- Ex. 32-#1-101
- Exhibit Number:
- O
- File Name:
- 5003pb54f034.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Railroad yards
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroad tracks
Locomotives
Railroads--Equipment and supplies
Railroad cars
Railroads--Signaling
Railroads--Freight - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- The first track is a inbound freight lead. The second track is a switching lead going to the classification yard which consists of 42 tracks and to the east is the departure yard which has three tracks. The third track is a switching lead going to the west departure yard. Consisting of 8 tracks. The next track to the right of the Boyles yard office is outbound lead. The third track is the main line. There is a yard engine (Unit #1705) working in the north end of the yard pulling the hump yard & building trains in the departure yards. Notice the curvature of the tracks.
- 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:
- 34
- 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.