Halsted Street Yard
- Title:
- Halsted Street Yard
- 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:
- 41.801504,-87.639064
- Latitude:
- 41.801504
- Longitude:
- -87.639064
- Site:
- Halstead Street Yard
- Location:
- Chicago, IL
Halstead Street Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb56f147
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- CRI
- Internal Number:
- #29 38
- Exhibit Number:
- K-24
- File Name:
- 5003pb56f147.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Chicago River and Indiana Railroad Company
Locomotives
Railroad cars
Railroad yards
Railroad tracks
Railroads--Freight
Locomotive firemen - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Shows the shoving of cars at 48th and Emerald Avenue in the Halstead Street car yard, which is on a curve. The fireman is observing the distance the engine has to go before coupling onto cars in the yard. A hard coupling may cause considerable shock and damage.
- 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:
- 147
- 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.