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Showing Union Station and overhead signal bridges (Right photo); also engine moving under bridges. Note direction of engine in about station. Engines are all heading north. Again tracks curving to left best observed by fireman. Note movement of train at left side of photo, also of workman on tracks. Note condition of weeds covering tracks from left to right center of photo. Also again of water hydrants in center of photo by weed, causing close clearance between tracks. Ground signals upper center. Red and amber aspects only best observed from left side of engine. This view is to the north, atop the 21st Street viaduct. In the center of the picture note the curvature of tracks to the left. All engines operating in and around Union Station head into the station. Therefore all tracks in this picture are observed by the fireman. Signals are passed by hand on the fireman's side. There are also ground signals which the fireman observes. Note the workman in the left-center of the photograph. There are always employees working around this plant. It is essential to have a fireman to help keep these persons under observation. There is also debris in and around these tracks.