View to Northeast from Merchants Bridge
- Title:
- View to Northeast from Merchants 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:
- 38.675314,-90.183641
- Latitude:
- 38.675314
- Longitude:
- -90.183641
- Location:
- St. Louis, MO
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb58f049
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- TRRA
- Internal Number:
- #65
- Exhibit Number:
- P-49
- File Name:
- 5003pb58f049.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Railroad tracks
Railroads--Signaling
Bridges (built works)
Railroads--Buildings and structures - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Showing 2 unit pole signal and ground signal, these are main line rails and used by freight as well as passenger trains. Little building at left of photo is new C.TC. between there and Illinois. Severe accident there first part of 1960 there was a lever man there then, tower was knocked to ground 75" feet below. There you have idea of grade immediately in back of little building there are more main line tracks and these tracks merge together there. Dual rail over river into Ill. Under span of bridge (center photo) controlled by block signals. Another severe accident here at this point. Terminal engine hit Wabash Passenger train and derailed same. Due to sunlight shining on 2 unit pole signal, since (since) then, signal has been moved. (1954) This view is to the east when approaching the Merchants Bridge and shows a pole signal and ground signal. Engines are facing different positions when approaching this bridge. When the engine is facing west, the fireman has the best view of the signals on the pole. On engines facing east, the fireman has the view of the main lines at center-left of the photo.
- 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:
- 49
- 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.