Southern Pacific Alfalfa Yard
- Title:
- Southern Pacific Alfalfa Yard
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Southern Pacific Railroad: Pacific Division, El Paso Yards
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Harp, Autry A.
- Date:
- 1960
- Coordinates:
- 31.755843,-106.389564
- Latitude:
- 31.755843
- Longitude:
- -106.389564
- Site:
- Alfalfa Yard
- Location:
- El Paso, TX
Alfalfa Yard - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb63f068
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- SP
- Internal Number:
- #2
- File Name:
- 5003pb63f068.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Texaco
Fort Bliss
Southern Pacific Railroad Company - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Looking northwest from the "Little Flower" public crossing and between the drill track and crossover to Texaco industrial lead also showing the Fort Bliss industrial track curving to the right. Yard engines using this curved track either shoving or pulling cars is headed in a Westward direction. Locomotives used in yard services are the hooded type diesel switchers or "Bob Tails."
- 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:
- 63
- Folder:
- 68
- 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.