Maintenance of Way Crew
- Title:
- Maintenance of Way Crew
- 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:
- 5003pb54f125
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- SP
- Internal Number:
- #13 R-13 219
- Exhibit Number:
- R-13
- File Name:
- 5003pb54f125.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Railroads--Employees
Railroad tracks
Railroad cars
Railroads--Maintenance and repair - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Shows Maintenance of Way men working with gravel in and about several tracks. Such personnel are working in and about tracks all day and need look outs from both sides of the locomotives. Movement here would require an assurance by the engineer.
- 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:
- 125
- 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.