2nd Avenue and 27th Street Crossing, Southern Railway Passenger Station
- Title:
- 2nd Avenue and 27th Street Crossing, Southern Railway Passenger Station
- 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:
- 33.522102,-86.79978
- Latitude:
- 33.522102
- Longitude:
- -86.79978
- Site:
- Birmingham Terminal Station
- Location:
- Birmingham, AL
Birmingham Terminal Station - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb54f046
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- SOU
SAL
CG - Internal Number:
- Ex. 32 - #12-112
- Exhibit Number:
- O-11
- File Name:
- 5003pb54f046.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Southern Railway (U.S.)
Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company
Central of Georgia Railway
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroad tracks
Railroad stations
Railroad cars
Locomotives
Railroads--Signaling
Railroad crossings
Railroad passenger cars
Railroads--Employees
Railroad terminals - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- This is a view of the Southern Railway passenger station at Birmingham, Alabama. The street at the bottom of the photo is 2nd Avenue North and is very heavily traveled by motorists and pedestrians. Considerable switching is carried out over this crossing and a lookout is necessary from both sides of the locomotive. The switches here are electronically controlled and many of the lights that govern the movement of the engine are on the left side. The fireman must therefore relay the signal to the engineer. The engine in the left center is working along the side of the platform where passengers get on and off trains. The engineer could not see if someone were to fall or step on the track from the left.
- 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:
- 46
- 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.