View from Fireman's Side of Locomotive, 1960

Shows a hump yard located at 4100 South Damen Avenue. It has 12 receiving tracks and 25 classification tracks. In this picture we see a hump engine backing out of a receiving yard with a cut of cars. Signals are taken by the fireman as he watches the board on his side. Because of the curvature of the track and the car itself, the engineer cannot see the signal board. As the train continues to back up, a repeater board comes into view which displays the signals on both sides. After passing this board, again the engineer cannot see the board so that the signals are on the fireman's side only.