Fireman taking signals
- Title:
- Fireman taking signals
- 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:
- 41.821618,-87.640760
- Latitude:
- 41.821618
- Longitude:
- -87.640760
- Site:
- CRI Hump Yard
- Location:
- Chicago, IL
CRI Hump Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb56f177
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- CRI
- Exhibit Number:
- K-17
- File Name:
- 5003pb56f177.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Chicago River and Indiana Railroad Company
Locomotives
Railroad cars
Railroad tracks
Locomotive firemen
Railroads--Freight
Railroads--Signaling
Railroads--Employees
Railroad crossings
Railroad switches - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- We see the fireman taking signals at the 40th and Wallace crossing while the switchman is throwing the switch. Again it is obvious, form the curvature of the track, that the engineer would be unable to see the switchman.
- 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:
- 177
- 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.