View of the L&N Main Llne on Right
- Title:
- View of the L&N Main Llne on Right
- 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:
- 5003pb54f040
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- LN
- Internal Number:
- Ex. 32 - #6-106
- Exhibit Number:
- O-5
- File Name:
- 5003pb54f040.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Purina
Grain Elevator
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Bridges (built works)
Railroad tracks
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroads--Freight
Railroad cars
Railroad yards
Railroads--Signaling
Industries (organizations) - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- On the right side of this photo is the L & N main line. This area is in yard limits and the yard engines often leave cars on the main line while placing cars at some industries. Track has a sharp curve making it very important to have a fireman on the left side to help watch for cars and engines. Note the curvature in the upper right center part of the photo where cars are stored on the tracks. In July, 1961, I was a fireman on engine number 432, which is a GP-7 hooded type engine, making a reverse movement around this curve, when I saw a man laying on the track. I immediately opened the emergency brake valve located by the fireman's seat, stopping the engine and cars about three feet from the man. Due to the curve of the track the engineer did not see the man until he got off the engine.
- 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:
- 40
- 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.