Looking East Toward West Oakland Diesel Shop
- Title:
- Looking East Toward West Oakland Diesel Shop
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Southern Pacific Railroad: Western Division, West Oakland Yards
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLE)
- Photographer:
- Vawter, Howard M.
- Date:
- 1960
- Coordinates:
- 37.805283,-122.305077
- Latitude:
- 37.805283
- Longitude:
- -122.305077
- Site:
- West Oakland Diesel Shop
- Location:
- Oakland, CA
West Oakland Diesel Shop - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb54f087
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- SP
- Internal Number:
- #1-201 R-1 Ex.1
- Exhibit Number:
- R-1
- File Name:
- 5003pb54f087.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Locomotives
Railroad cars
Railroad crossings
Railroad switches
Railroad tracks
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroads--Maintenance and repair
Railroads--Signaling
Railroads--Freight - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Shows the West Oakland Diesel Shop. All switches in view are of variable type. Engines are allowed to be either headed or backed out of these tracks. Note sanding and fueling devices at sides and above. Due to clearance and type of switches a safe move there necessitates a man on each side of locomotive cab.
- 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:
- 87
- 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.