View to Southwest at Carrie Avenue Yard
- Title:
- View to Southwest at Carrie Avenue Yard
- 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:
- 38.694792,-90.218148
- Latitude:
- 38.694792
- Longitude:
- -90.218148
- Site:
- Carrie Avenue Yard
- Location:
- St. Louis, MO
Carrie Avenue Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb58f055
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- TRRA
- Internal Number:
- #70
- Exhibit Number:
- P26
- File Name:
- 5003pb58f055.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Railroad tracks
Locomotives
Railroad yards
Railroad cars
Railroad switches
Railroads--Employees
Railroads--Freight
Railroads--Signaling - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- This is Harlem lead, Carrie Avenue Yard. Job switching cars for interchange to various rail leads. Note tracks curving to both left and right. Fireman view is to the east for observing movements of cars or engines that pull into this yard. Cars often roll out of this yard and many times fireman has prevented accidents or kept damage to a minimum. Note leads cluttered with debris, boards, weeds. Fireman watching to front, while engineer is watching for signals to make out or for other signals. TRRA Unit No. 584. This view is to the south and shown an engine in yard service switching out freight cars. This yard is called Harlem lead, Carrie Avenue. Notice how the tracks curve to the left and right at the right-center of the photograph, the workmen standing by the tracks, and the closeness of the cars in the yard (center of photo). A fireman is essential to maintain a lookout when switching here.
- 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:
- 55
- 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.