View to the West, Gratiot Street Yard
- Title:
- View to the West, Gratiot Street Yard
- 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:
- 38.623406,-90.206828
- Latitude:
- 38.623406
- Longitude:
- -90.206828
- Site:
- Union Station, Gratiot Street Yard
- Location:
- St. Louis, MO
Union Station, Gratiot Street Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb58f034
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- TRRA
- Internal Number:
- #50
- Exhibit Number:
- P-36
- File Name:
- 5003pb58f034.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Railroad tracks
Railroad cars
Railroad yards
Locomotives
Railroad switches
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroads--Employees
Railroads--Freight
Railroads--Signaling
Bridges (built works) - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Showing close clearance between tracks, engine moving in left center of photo. Yard cluttered with trash and weeds, cars being switched downgrade without air. Frisco house (merchandise) is at right very close clearance here stub tracks under overhead bridge (12th Street Bridge) This view is to the west from the Gratiot Street hill (see also photo P-34) looking into the yard where an engine is switching. While the engineer receives signals from the switchmen on the right side of the engine, the fireman informs the engineer as to whether the switches are properly lined up. All the switches here are blind (i.e. they have no lights). Note also the close clearance between the car on the left and the track adjacent to it. The firemen alone can see all of the movements directly ahead and on the left side of the engine. Also, this yard has a steep grade and requires careful switching.
- 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:
- 34
- 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.