View to South from Niedringhaus Ave
- Title:
- View to South from Niedringhaus Ave
- 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:
- 38.703059,-90.156465
- Latitude:
- 38.703059
- Longitude:
- -90.156465
- Location:
- Granite City, IL
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb58f044
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- TRRA
- Internal Number:
- #61
- Exhibit Number:
- P-45
- File Name:
- 5003pb58f044.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Railroad cars
Railroad tracks
Locomotives
Locomotive firemen
Railroad crossings
Railroad switches
Railroads--Employees
Railroads--Freight
Railroads--Signaling - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- This crossing is not protected and engineer observes crossing while man on ground will relay signal to fireman close clearance between engine and wire fence. This particular job switches Union Starch and Refining Co and inside of plant, at night. There is grades up hill and down and very close clearance also people employed by plant walking around yards. (grain checkers, clerks, and other personnel). This crossing very busy at mornings and evening rush. TRRA engine #585 This view is to the south from a street crossing in Granite City, Illinois and shows work being done on the fireman's side of the engine because of the close clearance with the fire fence on the right. Also notice how the track curves and that while the fireman is passing signals to the engineer he also observes the crossing from his side.
- 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:
- 44
- 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.