Caboose on Wye Track
- Title:
- Caboose on Wye Track
- 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:
- 5003pb55f081
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- PRR
- Internal Number:
- #8-A 77
- Exhibit Number:
- F-8
- File Name:
- 5003pb55f081.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Pennsylvania Railroad
Railroad cars
Railroad crossings
Railroad tracks
Railroads--Signaling - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- View is Eastward toward Schuylkill River. Caboose is standing on the Wye track. The track has a sharp curve and when the engine approaches headed east the signal and smash-board are sen first by the fireman and not by the engineer unti lhe is almost on top of them. The signal and smash-board protect the drawbridge beyond. Fixed signal and banner govern movement onto the drawbridge.
- 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:
- 81
- 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.