View to the Northeast from 21st Street Viaduct
- Title:
- View to the Northeast from 21st Street Viaduct
- Collection:
- U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs
- Set:
- Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis: St. Louis Union Station and surrounding yards
- Creator:
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
- Photographer:
- Neupert, Raymond A.
- Date:
- 1961
- Coordinates:
- 38.627156,-90.20792
- Latitude:
- 38.627156
- Longitude:
- -90.20792
- Site:
- Union Station
- Location:
- St. Louis, MO
Union Station - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 5003pb53f130
- Railroad Reporting Mark:
- TRRA
- Internal Number:
- #27
- Exhibit Number:
- P-3
- File Name:
- 5003pb53f130.jpg
- Work Type:
- b&w photograph
- Subject:
- Viaducts
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Railroad tracks
Locomotives
Railroad yards
Railroad crossings
Railroads--Buildings and structures - Measurement:
- 16x20 (inches)
- Description:
- Showing congested movements of trains in and out of Union Station. Note curvature of tracks, ground signals, overhead signals and hand signals prevail here. Note positions of engines as to who can best observe signals. Engines moving in and out of this yard and at times is heavily congested and takes two pairs of eyes to observe conditions to front and rear of engines. This view is also to the east from atop the 21st Street Viaduct. Notice the movements of trains and engines in the center of the photograph and the road engine in the lower right. With respect to the engine and cars on the left side of the photograph, hand signals are passed on the fireman's side. Also notice the movements of trains under the bridge signal in the center of the photograph. Close clearances and sharp curves in this plant, along with crossovers, ground signals, and bridge signals require a lookout by both enginemen.
- 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:
- 53
- Folder:
- 130
- 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.