View to the West from Compton Avenue Bridge
- Title:
- View to the West from Compton Avenue Bridge
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis: St. Louis Union Station and surrounding yards
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Neupert, Raymond A.
- Date:
- 1961
- Coordinates:
- 38.627156,-90.20792
- Latitude:
- 38.627156
- Longitude:
- -90.20792
- Site:
- Union Station
- Location:
- St. Louis, MO
Union Station - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb58f024
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- TRRA
- Internal Number:
- #39
- Exhibit Number:
- P
- File Name:
- 5003pb58f024.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Railroad tracks
Locomotives
Railroad cars
Railroad crossings
Railroad switches
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroad yards
Railroads--Employees
Railroad stations
Railroads--Signaling
Railroad passenger cars - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Showing part of Pennsylvania Coach Yards in foreground. Missouri Pacific Coach Yards at left of photo. Notice switchman on ground in center of photo relaying signals to fireman, for movement. Note debris, trash unkempt condition of yard. Close clearance of cars in yards. Obstruction of tracks by building and people using cross walk is dangerous. High tension wire over yard. Night switching in this yard is dangerous due to flood lights shinning in your eyes limiting vision. At times there are 4 and 5 engines working in this yard at one time which necessitate two men on engine.
- 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:
- 58
- Folder:
- 24
- 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.