View from 18th Street Bridge Looking East, 1961

Notice position of engine in left of photo. Fireman has converging tracks, with cars on them also trains on lead to protect, as engineer is watching his side, also converging tracks. Engine in center of photo, has a threefold job. Trains on each side and workmen in front of diesel (foreground) unkempt yard condition. The easterly view from the 18th Street Bridge shows movement of trains and engines, workmen in the center of photograph, congestion of tracks, close clearances and conditions of the yard. The fireman on the engine in the upper center of the photograph behind the passenger train has an excellent view of the passenger train to observe any irregularities as it passes. The cars on the track at the left of the photograph are used to load mail and express, and the close clearance and fouling points there are best observed by the fireman on the engine at the left center of the photograph.