View is to the West, from Missouri Avenue
- Title:
- View is to the West, from Missouri Avenue
- 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:
- 5003pb58f037
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- TRRA
- Internal Number:
- #53
- Exhibit Number:
- P-47
- File Name:
- 5003pb58f037.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Railroad tracks
Railroads--Employees
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Bridges (built works)
Railroad crossings
Railroad cars
Locomotives
Railroads--Signaling
Railroads--Freight - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Showing crossing watchmen who protects tracks immediately in front of him, but tracks in back of him, but tracks in back of him remain unprotected. Notice engine coming down from bridge. This train from St. Louis to E. St. Louis Ill. Building at extreme left is control tower for this plant and controls movements by the use of ground signals. Note stop board in rear of small building at left this is protection for main line moves. Note weeds covering tracks at 2nd and 3rd lead cars of freight train. This street crossing is used extensively throughout day. Buildings on right causes obstruction of west bound freight and passenger trains also. The grade is downward from St. Louis, MO to E. St. Louis, IL and trains approach this crossing at above a normal speed. Fireman has advantage point of vision to rear of crossing watchmen. Also trains a which may approach from the tracks in left center of photo. Similar to P-46 but without the congestion. Notice the train on a hill in the center of the photo, coming over the crossing. The fireman has a view of all movements to his right. Note the ground signal to the left of the switchman's shanty and ground signal just in front of the crossing watchman, which the fireman must help to observe.
- 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:
- 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.