Switching Movements from R Yard to Union Yard
- Title:
- Switching Movements from R Yard to Union Yard
- 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:
- 44.986656,-93.258133
- Latitude:
- 44.986656
- Longitude:
- -93.258133
- Location:
- Minneapolis, MN
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb61f070
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- GN
- Internal Number:
- Ex. 29 #58
- Exhibit Number:
- L-29
- File Name:
- 5003pb61f070.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
Locomotives
Railroad cars
Railroad tracks
Railroad yards
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroads--Employees
Railroads--Freight
Railroads--Signaling
Railroads--Maintenance and repair
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Railroad - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Direct view of the converging of the tracks of the Great Northern's Union Yard on the left and the D Yard on the right. Engines headed both directions as you note three engines are in picture at same time and it is possible for them to collide if crossover switches not properly lined.
- 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:
- 70
- 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.