Freight Train Leaving Union Yard in the Vicinity of 14th Avenue
- Title:
- Freight Train Leaving Union Yard in the Vicinity of 14th Avenue
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Great Northern Railway: Minneapolis Junction
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Strommen, Arnold
- Date:
- 1960
- Coordinates:
- 44.994376,-93.217222
- Latitude:
- 44.994376
- Longitude:
- -93.217222
- Site:
- GN Union Yard
- Location:
- Minneapolis, MN
GN Union Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb61f021
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- GN
- Internal Number:
- #7
- Exhibit Number:
- L
- File Name:
- 5003pb61f021.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
Railroad cars
Railroad crossings
Railroad tracks
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroads--Employees
Railroads--Freight
Railroads--Signaling
Railroads--Maintenance and repair - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- With a length of steel strapping coated with heavy paper protruding and dragging from a car, fireman would observe this and train would be stopped thereby preventing injury to someone or damage to property.
- 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:
- 61
- 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.