Series XXVIII: Southern Pacific Railroad: Brooklyn Yards (Portland, Oregon)

This series consists of photographs of the Southern Pacific's facilities in Portland, Oregon. These photographs were submitted to the Commission as Employees' Exhibit 33, are referred to by the letter S in testimony, and were taken by H. Pippy. Mr. Pippy was employed as a locomotive engineer and fireman by the Southern Pacific and was a member of the BLF&E. The Southern Pacific was a class I railroad in the western United States. It covered a vast territory, with lines stretching from New Orleans through Texas, New Mexico and Arizona to Los Angeles; from Los Angeles up the West Coast through San Francisco and Sacramento to Portland, Oregon; from Chicago through St. Louis to Dallas and Ft. Worth, Texas; and from San Francisco through Nevada to Ogden, Utah. The Sunset Route, between New Orleans and Los Angeles, went through El Paso, Tucson and Phoenix, with a branch line heading south into Mexico at Nogales. The photographs in this series document the SP's facilities in Portland, Oregon. This includes the Brooklyn Yards, a 110-acre site located between Southeast Powell Boulevard and Bybee Boulevard. This series also contains photographs of Portland industries, the Steel Bridge, and Portland Union Station.