Sewell's Point Yard
- Title:
- Sewell's Point 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:
- 36.957045,-76.322660
- Latitude:
- 36.957045
- Longitude:
- -76.322660
- Site:
- Sewell's Point Yard
- Location:
- Norfolk, VA
Sewell's Point Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb61f099
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- NW
- Internal Number:
- #33
- Exhibit Number:
- B-26
- File Name:
- 5003pb61f099.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Norfolk and Western Railroad Company
Locomotives
Mines and mineral resources
Railroad cars
Railroad tracks
Railroad yards
Railroads--Buildings and structures
Railroads--Signaling
Railroads--Freight
Industries (organizations) - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Shows a view of the Sewell Point yard which was taken over in the merger with the Virginian Railroad. This yard holds about 3,000 cars and, as you can see, the tracks are curved markedly. This makes it necessary, of course, for some signals to be passed on the fireman's side and also requires the enginemen on both sides of the locomotive to be alert for men on the ground and other yard crews and movements in this area. There are to to four engines working here on the morning shift; three in the afternoon and to at night, making this area one of heavy congestion.
- 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:
- 99
- 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.