View to Southeast from East End of Rankin Yard, 1961

Showing curvature of rails to left. Note movements of two trains on same lead. Workmen using footpath must be patrolled by engine crews. Note passenger car obstructing half of foot path in upper left of photo. Weeds in upper left, covering tracks. High voltage wires overhead. Very close to train in center of photo. This view is to the east from Compton Avenue Bridge and shows a part of Rankin yard. This is called East Rankin, and is where the Missouri Pacific and the Pennsylvania trains are made up and switched out. The movements of two engines at the upper center, the closeness of the cars on the left of the picture and the ground personnel walking on the footpath give some idea of the dangers always present here. Again, all tracks curve to the left when you leave the yard and to the right when entering the yard. The fireman has to observe the switches and other movements in the back-up move as the engineer receives the signals on his side. The fireman also has to be on the alert for trains coming from the east as one is doing in this picture.