View is to the North Toward the L&N Yard
- Title:
- View is to the North Toward the L&N 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:
- 38.591848,-90.142451
- Latitude:
- 38.591848
- Longitude:
- -90.142451
- Location:
- East St. Louis, IL
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb58f036
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- TRRA
- Internal Number:
- #52
- Exhibit Number:
- P-48
- File Name:
- 5003pb58f036.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Railroad crossings
Railroad tracks
Bridges (built works)
Railroad switches
Railroads--Signaling
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroads--Freight
Railroad yards
Railroad cars
Locomotives - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Note engines working in yard, one backing up to the leaded. Road crossing in foreground. Not protected other than flashing light. This crossing is used daily to switch cars over for make up of trains in yard in background. Tracks curving to left & right, buildings in yard obstructing view at times. Fireman required to pass signals, note condition of cars being switched or any event that may cause damage to cars or person. This view is to the west from Missouri Avenue in East St. Louis, Illinois. Engines and trains use both tracks pictured here (one on left and the other on lower right). Notice the congestion of track and the curves at the upper center of photo and the auto in the center. This crossing is protected by flasher lights but they are greatly ignored by the public. The fireman's job is to inform the engineer whether this crossing is clear when switching cars over this crossing.
- 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:
- 36
- 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.