Industrial Siding with Grade Crossing at Swift and Armour Plant
- Title:
- Industrial Siding with Grade Crossing at Swift and Armour Plant
- 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:
- 47.665267,-117.365233
- Latitude:
- 47.665267
- Longitude:
- -117.365233
- Site:
- C.D. Yard
- Location:
- St. Louis, MO
C.D. Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb58f146
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- TRRA
- Internal Number:
- #55
- Exhibit Number:
- P-40
- File Name:
- 5003pb58f146.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Swift and Armour Plant
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Railroad tracks
Railroad yards
Industries (organizations)
Railroad crossings
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroads--Signaling - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- The view is to the Northeast and shows the congestion of tracks and heavy traffic on street crossing. Curvature of tracks and the crossovers. Stock Yards. This picture was taken in C.D. yard at East St. Louis, Illinois. The view here is to the northeast and shows the congestion of tracks and heavy traffic on a street crossing. Notice the curvature of tracks and the crossovers. Signals are passed on the engineer's side while the fireman informs the engineer if the crossing is clear of cars. A stock yard is at the upper half of the 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:
- 146
- 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.