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Showing close clearance between tracks, engine moving in left center of photo. Yard cluttered with trash and weeds, cars being switched downgrade without air. Frisco house (merchandise) is at right very close clearance here stub tracks under overhead bridge (12th Street Bridge) This view is to the west from the Gratiot Street hill (see also photo P-34) looking into the yard where an engine is switching. While the engineer receives signals from the switchmen on the right side of the engine, the fireman informs the engineer as to whether the switches are properly lined up. All the switches here are blind (i.e. they have no lights). Note also the close clearance between the car on the left and the track adjacent to it. The firemen alone can see all of the movements directly ahead and on the left side of the engine. Also, this yard has a steep grade and requires careful switching.