L&N Units 426 and 429 with Cars Further Around "Y" at Bessemer
- Title:
- L&N Units 426 and 429 with Cars Further Around "Y" at Bessemer
- 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:
- 33.409740,-86.944738
- Latitude:
- 33.409740
- Longitude:
- -86.944738
- Site:
- Bessemer Yard
- Location:
- Bessemer, AL
Bessemer Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb54f085
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- LN
- Internal Number:
- Ex. 32 - #45-145
- Exhibit Number:
- O-32
- File Name:
- 5003pb54f085.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
Railroad tracks
Railroad cars
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Locomotives
Railroads--Freight
Railroads--Maintenance and repair - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Sequence with O-26, O-27, O-28, O-29, O-31, O-32. The engine has advanced just a little further along the rack. The engine at the top of the photo is entering a very heavily traveled street crossing, 19th Street. Notice the building at the top left corner of the picture. It blocks the motorists' view of the engine on the track. Due to the curvature of the track the engineer cannot see the street until the engine has entered the street crossing. There is also a main line switch in front of the house. The fireman is the only one who can see the switch and the crossing. The engineer operates in the blind, depending completely on the fireman for instructions. In this sequence of photos there are two GP7 hooded type engines coupled together.
- 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:
- 85
- 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.