Engine Running Forward with Heavy Rock Cars Loaded
- Title:
- Engine Running Forward with Heavy Rock Cars Loaded
- 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:
- 37.804363,-122.271111
- Latitude:
- 37.804363
- Longitude:
- -122.271111
- Location:
- Oakland, CA
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb54f106
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- SP
- Internal Number:
- #9. Ex. 9a 238
- Exhibit Number:
- R-9
- File Name:
- 5003pb54f106.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Ralston Purina Comapny
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Railroad tracks
Railroad crossings
Railroads--Signaling
Industries (organizations) - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Was taken at a location near 23rd Avenue in what is known as the East Oakland area; shows an industrial track coming from the Fruitvale area going towards 19th Avenue. For the aggregate plant shown, this track is down grade on a curve to the left; the auto in picture could not be seen for several feet from engineers side of 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:
- 106
- 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.