Fairhill Yard Freighthouse
- Title:
- Fairhill Yard Freighthouse
- 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:
- 39.997547,-75.135258
- Latitude:
- 39.997547
- Longitude:
- -75.135258
- Site:
- Fairhill Yard
- Location:
- Philadelphia, PA
Fairhill Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb55f128
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- PRR
- Internal Number:
- #46 114
- Exhibit Number:
- F-46
- File Name:
- 5003pb55f128.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Fairhill Freighthouse
Pennsylvania Railroad
Railroad tracks
Railroad cars
Railroad stations
Railroads--Freight - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Photo shows Fairhill Freight Station. Note platforms in car doorways. Also note curvature of tracks. Engines working in the yard are normally focusing in the direction in which this photo was taken. This places much responsibility on the fireman when shifting this freight house.
- 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:
- 128
- 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.