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Cars in a platform with mail and express cars, men working in and about the car. Platform very often on fireman side of engine. Note roadway in foreground of photo, used constantly by tractor drivers. During moving mail "full wagon" and express to be loaded. A very dangerous crossing, fireman observing conditions while engineer taking signals or vice versa. Poor lighting in station Debris and trash, weeds cluttering up the area. This is a view of Union Station, and shows a Pennsylvania road engine at center of photo. Also at the right center of the picture notice the hand wagons that are loaded with mail and express. These wagons, the people who handle them, and the passengers who try to get on and off moving trains must be kept under observation by whichever member of the engine crew is able to see them; sometimes this is only the fireman. Notice the ground signals at the extreme left and the unkempt conditions around them. Signals are passed by hand on both sides of the engine in Union Station. Locomotive No. 5841