Main Line at Hulen Street
- Title:
- Main Line at Hulen Street
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Illinois Central Railroad: Memphis Division
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Howell, Fred D.
- Date:
- 1960
- Coordinates:
- 35.139317,-90.049313
- Latitude:
- 35.139317
- Longitude:
- -90.049313
- Site:
- Memphis Terminal Yard
- Location:
- Memphis, TN
Memphis Terminal Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb56f009
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- IC
- Internal Number:
- #8
- Exhibit Number:
- N-15
- File Name:
- 5003pb56f009.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Oliver-Finnie Co.
Mac's Warehouse
Valley Wholesale Liquor Co.
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Industries (organizations)
Railroad cars
Railroad crossings
Railroad tracks
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroads--Employees
Railroads--Freight
Railroads--Signaling - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- This is a view of the main line of the Illinois Central at Hulen Street at the top of Beale Street hill. This view is taken looking north. The crossings are not well protected and vision is obscured. As you can see, buildings obstruct vision and there are a great number of turn-outs and cross-overs here. See particularly how the trucks block the tracks. As you can see in the center rear, a large truck is actually blocking one of the tracks. Naturally, under these conditions a fireman must keep particularly close watch. This shows also weeds and debris along the tracks. In fact it is so bad that in some places it is difficult to see the 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:
- 56
- Folder:
- 9
- 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.