Industry Siding
- Title:
- Industry Siding
- 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:
- Granite City, IL
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb58f047
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- TRRA
- Internal Number:
- #64
- Exhibit Number:
- P-51
- File Name:
- 5003pb58f047.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Union Pacific
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Railroad tracks
Locomotives
Railroad cars
Railroad switches
Railroads--Freight
Railroads--Employees
Industries (organizations) - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Showing cars being handled to both sides of industry tracks. Crossing with autos on the track and a curve on the fireman's side. Trash on the tracks makes footing for switchman more dangerous and requires a sharp lookout. TRRA engine No. 582 Similar to P-50 and shows again the close clearances. The signals are being passed to the fireman who relays them to the engineer. Notice also the trash on these tracks, which makes footing for the switchman more dangerous and requires a sharp lookout form both sides of the engine.
- 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:
- 47
- 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.