View of King Street Station from Holgate Street, 1960

Taken south of Seattle House Yard, looking directly into downtown Seattle. Track to extreme right is used by Great Northern crews in switching in the yard, and also for set out and pick up of cars being transferred to and from the Interbay Yard. Track shown in the center of the picture is Northern Pacific westbound mainline track, which curves to the right of the picture and runs into King Street Station. Other tracks to the left are Northern Pacific eastbound main line, an Northern Pacific yard tracks. The grade crossing is Holgate Street, extremely busy during certain parts of the day. Track to extreme right (behind white building) is designated as Mud Track and used by GN crews in switching.