Gray's Ferry Yard Track Curvature
- Title:
- Gray's Ferry Yard Track Curvature
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Pennsylvania Railroad: Philadelphia Division
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Bartley, Edward J.
- Date:
- 1960
- Coordinates:
- 39.933526,-75.204597
- Latitude:
- 39.933526
- Longitude:
- -75.204597
- Site:
- Gray's Ferry Yard
- Location:
- Philadelphia, PA
Gray's Ferry Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb55f074
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- PRR
- Internal Number:
- #3 70
- Exhibit Number:
- F-3
- File Name:
- 5003pb55f074.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Pennsylvania Railroad
Railroad tracks
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroad cars
Railroads--Freight
Railroads--Signaling - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- View is southward at Gray's Ferry Yard. To the extreme left is the Engine Storage Yard. Immediately behind the water tower see No. 20, No. 21 and No. 22 yard tracks. To the right of these tracks are the "B" yard tracks No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, & No. 4. The GS-4 type engine is on the Running Track Curve. Caboose is standing on the Caboose Track. On the immediate right are the yard tracks No. 18 to No. 8. Engines assigned to work this yard are all headed north. The engine shown in the picture headed south is from another district and has come over to pick up some cars.
- 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:
- 74
- 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.