Washington Union Station

This series consists of photographs of the Washington Terminal Company's facilities in Washington D.C . These photographs were submitted to the Commission as Employees' Exhibit 38, are referred to by the letter A in testimony, and were taken by Leo R. Anderson. Mr. Anderson was employed as a locomotive fireman by the WATC. The WATC is a corporation created in Washington D.C. to provide support to railroads using Washington's Union Station. It was established in 1901 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad; Amtrak now owns the controlling interest. The photographs in this series document the tracks in and around Washington Union Station, showing the complexity of train movements in the area. The series also documents the Potomac Yards and the car shops at Ivy City.