View to South, from Sacramento Avenue
- Title:
- View to South, from Sacramento Avenue
- 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:
- 38.670437,-90.235769
- Latitude:
- 38.670437
- Longitude:
- -90.235769
- Location:
- St. Louis, MO
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb58f059
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- TRRA
- Internal Number:
- #74
- Exhibit Number:
- P-53
- File Name:
- 5003pb58f059.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Railroad tracks
Industries (organizations)
Railroad switches
Railroad cars
Railroad crossings
Railroads--Freight
Railroad yards - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Showing part of Industry switching yard. Note weeds unkempt condition of yards close clearance, congestion and curvature of tracks. Unprotected road crossings at both ends of this yard. Very heavy industry work around this vicinity approx. 43 or 44 individuals. Unauthorized personnel as well as employee walk through this yard and present constant hazard. Cars are put on hill and blocked by ground crews but this hill is steep and all leads of this yard are particular heavy merchandise. (sand, gravel, copper and paper) Note curve to left of Photo, into building very close clearance of cars and other machinery in yard. This view is to the southeast, showing Gereldine crossing (center of photo) and curvature of tacks. At the right of picture the weeds obstruct the view of switches. While the engineer is taking signals on these tracks, the fireman observes the crossing and the tracks at the upper center of the photo. There is very close clearance between the cars and tracks in this yard and along with the unprotected grade crossing two men are essential on the engine for safety of movement.
- 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:
- 59
- 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.