View to the East from May Street
- Title:
- View to the East from May Street
- 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:
- 38.673762,-90.200539
- Latitude:
- 38.673762
- Longitude:
- -90.200539
- Location:
- St. Louis, MO
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb58f050
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- TRRA
- Internal Number:
- #66
- Exhibit Number:
- P-28
- File Name:
- 5003pb58f050.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Railroad tracks
Industries (organizations)
Railroad switches
Railroads--Signaling - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Showing views of approach to Merchant Bridge. Note converging tracks of yard (center photo) with main line at switch stand. Notice curvature of tracks leading into yard. Also weed and debris on these game tracks. At top of hill (upper left photo) these tracks at left of photo join 2 more main lines. This view is to the east from Grand Avenue. The main lines run from lower left to upper left and the switching tracks are on the right side of the photograph. Notice the curvature of the switch tracks and the crossovers. The view of the tracks is obstructed by the building at the upper center of photograph. Only the fireman can see the oncoming rains on leaving the yard at the right of the photograph.
- 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:
- 50
- 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.