Night Shot With Railroad Crossing Sign
- Title:
- Night Shot With Railroad Crossing Sign
- 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:
- 35.122777,-90.016287
- Latitude:
- 35.122777
- Longitude:
- -90.016287
- Site:
- Memphis Terminal Yard
- Location:
- Memphis, TN
Memphis Terminal Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb56f024
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- IC
- Internal Number:
- #21
- Exhibit Number:
- N-36
- File Name:
- 5003pb56f024.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Illinois Central Railroad Company
Railroad crossings
Railroad tracks
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Industries (organizations) - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Night view of the Memphis terminal. Switching is done constantly across the heavily used road crossing. All signals are passed on the fireman's side. Because of the surrounding light in the area, it's very difficult to see signals at nighttime. You have got to pick out one signal light to keep your eye on and you have to keep close watch on that light so that at all times you are sure that you are receiving the signal from your crew and not from a crew working nearby. Of course, this requires extra concentration on the part of the fireman.
- 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:
- 24
- 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.