View from Fireman's Side of Locomotive
- Title:
- View from Fireman's Side of Locomotive
- 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:
- 5003pb61f092
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- NW
- Internal Number:
- #24
- Exhibit Number:
- B-18
- File Name:
- 5003pb61f092.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Norfolk and Western Railroad Company
Locomotives
Railroad cars
Railroad tracks
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroads--Freight
Railroads--Signaling - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- The tracks shown on the left side are the west side main line and pull-in tracks which run parallel to the Portlock yard. The curved tracks in the center of the picture are part of the west end of the Portlock yard. The curved tracks in the center of the picture are part of the wet end of the Portlock yard. This area is usually very heavily congested, especially at night. I have seen as many as seven or eight crews working the end of this yard; road crews leaving from the point and yard crews going back and forth all of the time. Because of this congestion, constant lookout is necessary on both sides of the engine.
- 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:
- 92
- 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.