View to the East from May Street Crossing
- Title:
- View to the East from May Street Crossing
- 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:
- 5003pb58f051
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- TRRA
- Internal Number:
- #67
- Exhibit Number:
- P-29
- File Name:
- 5003pb58f051.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Railroad tracks
Locomotives
Railroads--Employees
Railroads--Signaling
Railroad switches
Railroad crossings - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Showing engine coming from yard to main line. Fireman must take signal and see that switches are properly lined and be on constant alert here especially. Note 2 unit pole signal on left side of photo used for movements of west bound trains. Note crossovers from yard to outer main line. Note man on ground by engine to throw switch after the engine clears over This photo ties in with Photo B58F50. This picture is similar to P-28 but shows an engine leaving the yard at the center of the photograph. Only the fireman can observe the oncoming moves and receive a signal from the switch-tender who is not shown in the picture. Also, notice how the tracks converge to the left side 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:
- 51
- 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.