Eastward Below Crest of Hump, Yard No. 5
- Title:
- Eastward Below Crest of Hump, 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:
- 5003pb60f021
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- CNW
- Internal Number:
- #21
- Exhibit Number:
- E-21
- File Name:
- 5003pb60f021.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Chicago and North Western Railway Company
Railroad cars
Railroad tracks
Railroad yards
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroads--Employees
Railroads--Freight - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Shows the lower level hump in operation and gives a picture of the classification tracks in the yard. Large number of tracks in the background of the photograph. There are 62 classification tracks.
- 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:
- 21
- 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.