Passenger train headed west towards Elmhurst, Illinois
- Title:
- Passenger train headed west towards Elmhurst, Illinois
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Chicago & North Western Railway: Chicago Terminal Division, Proviso Yards
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLE)
- Photographer:
- Plock, H.G.
- Date:
- 1960
- Coordinates:
- 41.877877,-87.925409
- Latitude:
- 41.877877
- Longitude:
- -87.925409
- Site:
- Elmhurst Depot
- Location:
- Elmhurst, IL
Elmhurst Depot - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb60f011
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- CNW
- Internal Number:
- #11
- Exhibit Number:
- E-11
- File Name:
- 5003pb60f011.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Poplar Avenue
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
Locomotives
Railroad cars
Railroad crossings
Railroad tracks
Railroad passenger cars - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Passenger train operating westward along the main line approaching the east end of Elmhurst, Illinois; the Poplar Avenue crossing is down the track, where an automobile is driving across the tracks. The train has just moved around a slight curve. Note the tail end of the curve towards the middle of the picture. In the center of the picture in the distance is an overhead signal marking the Poplar Avenue crossing. Note also in the left of the picture the housing and play equipment for children and the dense bushes and shrubs along the right of way.
- 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:
- 60
- Folder:
- 11
- 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.