West Oakland Yard, Elmhurst Main Line Track
- Title:
- West Oakland Yard, Elmhurst Main Line Track
- 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:
- 5003pb54f102
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- SP
- Internal Number:
- #6 Ex 6 234
- Exhibit Number:
- R-6
- File Name:
- 5003pb54f102.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Railroad tracks
Locomotives
Railroads--Signaling - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Was taken in the West Oakland yard and shows an engine and cars entering the westbound Elmhurst main line track. Movement on these track is governed by automatic block signal preceding the one visible in picture so that a movement could be made on this track even though preceding signal had been in stop position. View of any such movement could not be seen from engineers side of cab in locomotive shown in picture.
- 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:
- 102
- 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.