East End of Coach Yard, West Oakland
- Title:
- East End of Coach Yard, West Oakland
- 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:
- 37.801515,-122.299736
- Latitude:
- 37.801515
- Longitude:
- -122.299736
- Site:
- Oakland Yard
- Location:
- Oakland, CA
Oakland Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb54f101
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- SP
- Internal Number:
- #5d Ex.5d 233
- Exhibit Number:
- R-5A
- File Name:
- 5003pb54f101.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Railroad tracks
Railroad cars
Locomotives
Railroad yards
Railroad passenger cars - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- All switches in this area of variable type. Note that engineer is blind on left side of engine, as to any movement that may be taking place on that side. Also note in this picture, an engine moving towards the switch with visible V, the engine could not see the engine approaching from the opposite direction. He must depend on the man on the left side of the cab in both cases. (like R-5)
- 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:
- 101
- 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.