View of West End of Portlock Yard
- Title:
- View of West End of Portlock 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:
- 36.800679,-76.266194
- Latitude:
- 36.800679
- Longitude:
- -76.266194
- Site:
- Portlock Yard
- Location:
- Norfolk, VA
Portlock Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb61f091
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- NW
- Internal Number:
- #23
- Exhibit Number:
- B-17
- File Name:
- 5003pb61f091.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:
- Gives a view of the west end of the Portlock yard and shows the continuous curves on all tracks. These extended curvatures make it imperative for enginemen on both sides of the locomotive to maintain a lookout and frequently require the fireman to take and relay signals to the engineman.
- 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:
- 91
- 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.