Hump Lead in C.D. Yard
- Title:
- Hump Lead in C.D. 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:
- 38.593324,-90.143824
- Latitude:
- 38.593324
- Longitude:
- -90.143824
- Site:
- C.D. Yard
- Location:
- Brooklyn, IL
C.D. Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb58f039
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- TRRA
- Internal Number:
- #55
- Exhibit Number:
- P-35
- File Name:
- 5003pb58f039.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Railroad yards
Railroad tracks
Railroad cars
Railroads--Signaling
Bridges (built works)
Railroad switches
Railroads--Freight
Railroads--Buildings and structures - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- This yard is listed as hump but this is flat switching on hump cut down several years ago. Engine in background shoving cars into clear. Note tracks to left off of lead, trains often pull out of this yard using two switches in foreground. As hump engine is working this lead, fireman has to be on alert for more of this kind to prevent side swipe. Cars on right moving out of East Bound Yard. Note tall weeds, blocking view at times also to left. This view is to the west from Saint Claire Avenue, in Brooklyn, Illinois, and shows a drill lead. The engine on this particular job always leads into the yard and the fireman has to be on the alert for any movements that appear at the left-center of the photo. In the upper-center of the picture is an engine in motion, switching cars. These tracks all curve to the right and the fireman's responsibility lies in protecting the engine from cars rolling out from the yard to the left of the engine. Also, there is a street crossing at the end of the tracks (not shown) that the fireman helps to protect form his side. Also, off the upper right the clearance (not shown) is very close.
- 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:
- 39
- 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.