Looking East and West at Rock Island Interchange Yard
- Title:
- Looking East and West at Rock Island Interchange Yard
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad: Missouri/Kansas Division, Kansas City Terminal and Yards
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- LaRue, M.H.
- Date:
- 1960
- Coordinates:
- 39.048702,-95.665228
- Latitude:
- 39.048702
- Longitude:
- -95.665228
- Site:
- RI Interchange Yard
- Location:
- Topeka, KS
RI Interchange Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb59f073
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- CRIP // RI
- Internal Number:
- #7
- Exhibit Number:
- V
- File Name:
- 5003pb59f073.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company
Railroad tracks
Locomotives
Railroad yards
Railroad crossings
Railroad cars - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Facing opposite direction from V-13. Interchange connects RI with Santa Fe Railroad and MoPac. Busy street with automobile traffic closely parallels tracks, increasing danger for side-swipes.
- 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:
- 59
- Folder:
- 73
- 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.