View to the West Towards Merchants Bridge
- Title:
- View to the West Towards 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:
- 38.676637,-90.167162
- Latitude:
- 38.676637
- Longitude:
- -90.167162
- Location:
- Madison, IL
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb58f060
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- TRRA
- Internal Number:
- #58
- Exhibit Number:
- P-31
- File Name:
- 5003pb58f060.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Level junction
Diamond crossing
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Railroad tracks
Locomotives
Railroad crossings
Railroad switches
Bridges (built works)
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroads--Signaling - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Note tracks in all directions also crossing in foreground. Track where motor car is located is used for something at North end of the yard. Fireman has to be on alert for movements over rail in lower part of photo. Very serious accident at this point several years ago. Engine turned over and car derailed (steam engine). Main line tracks at upper right, tracks congested with yard tracks. Building at right This is a view to the west from Venice Bridge showing an approach to the Merchants Bridge. The track in the center, which runs form left to right, is called the cut-off or main line for Madison, Illinois. The tracks in the lower right are main lines for Merchants Bridge. The tracks leading off on the right side in back of the building are main lines for the Wabash, GM&O, and New York Central railroads. All these tracks converge in front of the building in the upper-center of the picture. There are signals on high poles at the right center of the photo. Trains coming from the west into Madison Yards use the tracks (upper left), all of which curve to the right. Both fireman and engineer must be on the constant alert here because of the crossings and track curvature.
- 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:
- 60
- 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.