Three Leads at the Head of the Classification Box Car Yard
- Title:
- Three Leads at the Head of the Classification Box Car Yard
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Norfolk and Western Railroad: Norfolk Terminal and Yards
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Vick, Simeon G.
- Date:
- 1960
- Coordinates:
- 36.875596,-76.317623
- Latitude:
- 36.875596
- Longitude:
- -76.317623
- Site:
- Lambert's Point Yard
- Location:
- Norfolk, VA
Lambert's Point Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb61f085
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- NW
- Internal Number:
- #10
- Exhibit Number:
- B-10
- File Name:
- 5003pb61f085.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Norfolk and Western Railroad Company
Railroad cars
Railroad tracks
Railroad yards
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroads--Employees
Railroads--Freight
Railroads--Signaling - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Shows the three leads at the head-end of the classification box car yard shown in the last exhibit. Note the curves on all three of the lead tracks. These curves frequently make it necessary for the fireman to take signals form the ground crew and, at all times, make it necessary for him to keep a sharp lookout. There are three merchandise piers located on the water front as well as warehouses down in these yards. Usually two or three crews works in this yard on each shift afternoon and night.
- 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:
- 85
- 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.