SP Brooklyn Yard, West End
- Title:
- SP Brooklyn Yard, West End
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Southern Pacific Railroad: Brooklyn Yards (Portland, Oregon)
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Pippy, Herman D.
- Coordinates:
- 45.488276,-122.64426
- Latitude:
- 45.488276
- Longitude:
- -122.64426
- Site:
- Brooklyn Yards
- Location:
- Portland, OR
Brooklyn Yards - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb55f015
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- SP
- Internal Number:
- 6.-11
- Exhibit Number:
- S-2
- File Name:
- 5003pb55f015.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Locomotives
Railroad cars
Railroad tracks
Railroad switches
Railroad yards
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroads--Freight - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- This is another view of the west end the SP Brooklyn yard. The yard engine in the center of the picture is working on the main switching lead consisting of 9 ladder tracks curving to the left and 3 crossover tracks. Cars are shoved on these tracks from either end of the yard. The yard engine on the extreme right is on the main track.
- 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:
- 55
- Folder:
- 15
- 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.