View is to Southeast of Madison Freight Yard from Venice Avenue Bridge
- Title:
- View is to Southeast of Madison Freight Yard from Venice 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:
- 38.668963,-90.161857
- Latitude:
- 38.668963
- Longitude:
- -90.161857
- Site:
- Madison Yard
- Location:
- Madison, IL
Madison Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb58f042
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- TRRA
- Internal Number:
- #59
- Exhibit Number:
- P-33
- File Name:
- 5003pb58f042.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Railroad tracks
Railroad yards
Railroad cars
Railroads--Employees
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroads--Signaling
Railroads--Freight
Railroad switches - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Showing in part of Madison Yard. Note curvature of rails, obstruction at right of photo. Tracks at left (lower left of photo) used by (NKP, NYC and CB&Q) to deliver trains. Track in center of photo used by switching engine to back up trains and make up trains. Signals are passed on both sides of engine at different points and road crossings are used by autos over ground personnel. Note switch lights in upper center of yard at times not lighted. Trains leave this yard for St. Louis, MO use the track in center of photo and fireman has advantage point of vision on departing trains and excellent view of crossings. This is a view looking south from the Venice Bridge, and shows again the curvature and congestion of tracks. There is very close clearance in this yard. When engines head into this yard on the track in the right foreground, the fireman must keep a lookout for all moves on the two tracks at the extreme left.
- 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:
- 42
- 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.