Classification Yard
- Title:
- Classification Yard
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Southern Railway: Inman Yards and Atlanta Terminal
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Whitworth, T.A.
- Coordinates:
- 33.789376,-84.436001
- Latitude:
- 33.789376
- Longitude:
- -84.436001
- Site:
- Inman Yards
- Location:
- Atlanta, GA
Inman Yards - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb58f084
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- SOU
- Internal Number:
- #24
- Exhibit Number:
- U-17
- File Name:
- 5003pb58f084.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Southern Railway (U.S.)
Railroad tracks
Railroad cars
Railroads--Freight
Railroad yards
Railroads--Signaling
Railroad switches
Railroad crossings - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Taken from Marietta Road bridge looking north. The main line is on the extreme left. Forwarding yard is to the right of the main line in the center of the picture. Nos. 1 and 2 thoroughfares are up on the bank. The receiving yard is to the right of the bank. Note the curve to the left of the forwarding yard tracks. The tracks curve back and forth before reaching the north end of the yard. many workmen are busy in this yard at all times. The electronically operated hump is about 30 car lengths beyond the end of the cars at right of picture.
- 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:
- 84
- 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.