East End of Portlock Yard
- Title:
- East 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:
- 5003pb61f097
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- NW
- Internal Number:
- #31
- Exhibit Number:
- B-24
- File Name:
- 5003pb61f097.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Norfolk and Western Railroad Company
Railroads--Employees
Railroads--Signaling
Railroad tracks
Railroad yards
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Locomotives - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Another view of the east end of the Portlock Yard showing the main line tracks of the Norfolk and Western at the left side of the picture running parallel with the yard. At the right hand corner of the picture are the tracks of the former Virginian Railway which crosses the Norfolk and Western at this point, where there is an interlocking. In this interlocking there are many dwarf signals on the ground that only the fireman can pick up from his side of the engine and no movement can be made either toward Sewell's Point or toward Lambert's Point without these positions. Constant lookout is required on both sides of the engine also, because of the many crews working in and out of this yard at all times.
- 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:
- 97
- 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.