View from Fireman's Side of Locomotive
- Title:
- View from Fireman's Side of Locomotive
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Chicago River and Indiana Railroad: Chicago Industries and Union Stock Yards
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Anderson, Donald H.
- Date:
- 1960
- Coordinates:
- 41.820363,-87.676893
- Latitude:
- 41.820363
- Longitude:
- -87.676893
- Site:
- CRI Hump Yard
- Location:
- Chicago, IL
CRI Hump Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb56f137
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- CRI
- Exhibit Number:
- K-1
- File Name:
- 5003pb56f137.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Chicago River and Indiana Railroad Company
Locomotives
Locomotive firemen
Railroad tracks
Railroad cars
Railroad yards
Railroads--Employees
Railroads--Freight
Railroads--Signaling - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Shows a hump yard located at 4100 South Damen Avenue. It has 12 receiving tracks and 25 classification tracks. In this picture we see a hump engine backing out of a receiving yard with a cut of cars. Signals are taken by the fireman as he watches the board on his side. Because of the curvature of the track and the car itself, the engineer cannot see the signal board. As the train continues to back up, a repeater board comes into view which displays the signals on both sides. After passing this board, again the engineer cannot see the board so that the signals are on the fireman's side only.
- 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:
- 137
- 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.