Derailed Box Cars, Delaware Avenue at Reed Street
- Title:
- Derailed Box Cars, Delaware Avenue at Reed Street
- 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:
- 39.961219,-75.136693
- Latitude:
- 39.961219
- Longitude:
- -75.136693
- Site:
- Delaware Avenue tracks
- Location:
- Philadelphia, PA
Delaware Avenue tracks - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb55f149
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- PRR
- Exhibit Number:
- F-41
- File Name:
- 5003pb55f149.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Derailments
Accidents
Pennsylvania Railroad
Railroad tracks
Railroad crossings
Railroad cars - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Exhibits F-41 through F-41d show two cars which became derailed on Delaware Avenue at Reed St. Derailments, such as this, are a frequent sight on Delaware Avenue. The cobblestones on Delaware Avenue are marked from many previous derailments. Note how the traffic becomes snarled thereby making train operation even more dangerous. Note in photograph F-41d, cars in the distance have been cut away from the derailed cars which will be left standing until re-railing operations can be started. These are the same string of cars shown in exhibits F-39 and F-40. Derailment occurred about a half mile below the point where exhibits F-39 and F-40 were taken.
- 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:
- 149
- 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.