Classification Yard
- Title:
- Classification Yard
- 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:
- 5003pb62f044
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- SP
- Internal Number:
- Ex. 4
- Exhibit Number:
- Q-4
- File Name:
- 5003pb62f044.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Railroad yards
Railroad tracks
Railroad cars
Locomotives - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Exhibit Q-4 gives an over-all view of the Bayshore yard which is the central or main yard for the San Francisco area. Cars are brought here from many points in San Francisco and are classified for distribution. At one end, known as the outbound, cuts of cars are switched. The lead that is used parallels the outgoing track for road freight trains. It curves into this track and to the left. Signals are given to the helper by ground crew until engineer is in sight. Adjacent to the outbound lead, is the inbound lead which is used for switching incoming trains. It is important when two engines are working that the switch crew on either job give signals on the helpers side. This is to enable the engine crew to know for what engine signals are intended.
- 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:
- 44
- 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.