RIP (Repair In Place) Track
- Title:
- RIP (Repair In Place) Track
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Southern Pacific Railroad: Coast Division, San Francisco
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLE)
- Photographer:
- Vickers, Sanford
- Coordinates:
- 37.707458,-122.401816
- Latitude:
- 37.707458
- Longitude:
- -122.401816
- Site:
- Bayshore Yard
- Location:
- San Francisco, CA
Bayshore Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb62f018
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- SP
- Internal Number:
- Ex. 2
- Exhibit Number:
- Q-2
- File Name:
- 5003pb62f018.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Railroad yards
Railroad tracks
Locomotives
Railroads--Signaling
Railroad crossings
Railroads--Freight
Railroads--Maintenance and repair
Railroads--Equipment and supplies - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Exhibit Q-2 shows the repair or rip track at the Bayshore yard. There are 100 to 150 men working in this area as to whom a sharp lookout must be maintained at all times. Because of the curvature of the tracks here in all directions, it is essential that a fireman as well as an engineer maintain lookout form both sides. This is also particularly important because of a road crossing which is noted in the foreground of the picture.
- 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:
- 62
- Folder:
- 18
- 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.