East end of Yard No. 4 and a portion of Yard No. 2
- Title:
- East end of Yard No. 4 and a portion of Yard No. 2
- 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:
- 5003pb60f023
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- CNW
IHB - Internal Number:
- #23
- Exhibit Number:
- E-23
- File Name:
- 5003pb60f023.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
National Malleable and Steel Casting Corp.
American Can Company
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
Railroad cars
Railroad crossings
Railroads--Equipment and supplies
Railroads--Freight
Railroads--Signaling
Railroads--Buildings and structures - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Shows the east end of Yard No. 4 and a portion of Yard No. 2, which has materials stored for use by section crews. The tracks in the foreground are main lines used by the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad (IHB) operations and also for servicing, through the cross-over lead into Yard 4, the various industries around Melrose Park, including National Malleable and Steel Casting Company and American Can Company. The third track looking at the picture from right to left, is the cross-over from 19 main line leading into Yard No. 4. The road and crossing are used by cement trucks, other construction equipment, and men in the area.
- 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:
- 23
- 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.