View to West from Approach on Merchants Bridge
- Title:
- View to West from Approach on 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:
- 38.676721,-90.177204
- Latitude:
- 38.676721
- Longitude:
- -90.177204
- Location:
- St. Louis, MO
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb58f054
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- TRRA
- Internal Number:
- #69
- Exhibit Number:
- P-30
- File Name:
- 5003pb58f054.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Railroad tracks
Railroad crossings
Railroad switches
Railroads--Signaling
Railroads--Buildings and structures - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Showing 2 main lines, crossovers ground and 2 unit pole signal. Curvature of rail to right obstructed by coal piles, building etc.) Note obstruction by weeds of Wabash lead to right. Rails beyond curve (upper photo) has many road crossings, some protected some not. Trucks auto, and pedestrians use these crossing throughout the day and night. This view is to the west from the Merchant's Bridge approach, showing Grand Avenue and May Street. The tracks curve to the right at the center of the photograph and are obstructed by high weeds. Also the Wabash main line runs from the left-center across the photo to the right side and the two main lines which start in lower left of photo cross at upper-center. The enginemen on any approach to this crossing can see in only one direction. For example, heading west the engineer can see all that is on the left side of the photo. There is also a public street crossing (upper-center of photo), with crossing gates, but the public does not always adhere to these and goes around these gates.
- 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:
- 54
- 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.
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