Interlocking Plant at West End of Harrisburg Penn Station
- Title:
- Interlocking Plant at West End of Harrisburg Penn Station
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Pennsylvania Railroad: Enola Yards, Rutherford Yards, Harrisburg Penn Station
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Ritchie, Joseph H.
- Date:
- 1960
- Coordinates:
- 40.262079,-76.877613
- Latitude:
- 40.262079
- Longitude:
- -76.877613
- Site:
- Harrisburg Penn Station
- Location:
- Harrisburg, PA
Harrisburg Penn Station - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb57f037
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- PRR
- Internal Number:
- #33
- Exhibit Number:
- H-10
- File Name:
- 5003pb57f037.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Pennsylvania Railroad
Railroad tracks
Railroad cars
Locomotives
Railroad stations - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- View of state interlocking taken from State St. overhead bridge looking eastward into Harrisburg passenger station. Storage tracks are at left with reading station beyond. Signals governing movements in this area are mostly low home position light type. Overhead catanery system provides current at 11,000 volts for electric operation.
- 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:
- 57
- Folder:
- 37
- 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.