Crest of Hump and General Yardmaster's Station, Yard No. 5
- Title:
- Crest of Hump and General Yardmaster's Station, Yard No. 5
- 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:
- 41.89398,-87.883555
- Latitude:
- 41.89398
- Longitude:
- -87.883555
- Site:
- Proviso Yards
- Location:
- Chicago, IL
Proviso Yards - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb60f019
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- CNW
- Internal Number:
- #19
- Exhibit Number:
- E-19
- File Name:
- 5003pb60f019.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Chicago and North Western Railway Company
Railroad cars
Railroad tracks
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroad yards
Railroads--Freight
Railroads--Signaling
Railroads--Employees - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Shows cars being pushed over the crest of the hump at Proviso Yard. The building in the center is the general yardmaster's station. There are various hump signals that extend all he way to North Avenue. Two of these signals are shown just to the left of the yardmaster's station. In the foreground are tracks 24, 25, and 26 (26 is barely discernible). Note the broken ties along the right-hand side of the picture, and various trees and weeds which obscure positions of the track. Constant lookout is imperative at all times.
- 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:
- 19
- 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.