Northern Avenue Piggy-back Operation
- Title:
- Northern Avenue Piggy-back Operation
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad: Yards and Tracks from New York City to Boston, Massachusetts
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Guinea, Edgar R.
- Date:
- 1961
- Coordinates:
- 42.344183,-71.058490
- Latitude:
- 42.344183
- Longitude:
- -71.058490
- Site:
- First Street Yard
- Location:
- Boston, MA
First Street Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb56f093
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- NH
- Internal Number:
- (38) #47 Ex.38
- Exhibit Number:
- D-38
- File Name:
- 5003pb56f093.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company
Bridges (built works)
Railroad tracks
Railroad cars
Railroads--Equipment and supplies
Railroads--Signaling - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Trailer loading operation (i.e. piggy-backing) here is one of the pioneer trailer operations in the country, with around 80 to 100 trailers moving out of the yard nightly.
- 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:
- 93
- 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.