Box 56
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Very close clearance on all tracks. Also shown are storage tracks and main line tracks to New York and Boston.
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Lower Yard looking south. Engines are headed east. Close Clearance on all sides. Freight consists of large amount of perishable goods. Also passenger car travel to and from United Illuminating Co. plant.
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Entrance To Yard, Railway Express, and other express and trucking concerns. This street scene is a common one at the Harlem River Yards. Youngsters play ball and other games on the street near the entrance. Sharp lookout a necessity.
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Curvature of the track leading down to another freight house and industrial sidings.
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Yard is used for both receiving and departing. Trains bound for Boston set off cars here for Maybrook and local points. Many industrial sidings and 15 storage tracks.
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Engine house, field companies, and Industrial sidings. Engines in this yard are headed East.
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Also shows main lines to New York and Boston. Overhead wires on the right hand side of the picture make it impossible for crew members to operate on top of the cars for switching.
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Looking East toward repair shops. Because of overhead wires, no work on top of cars permitted. There is close clearance on all of the numerous tracks.
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On lower left is platform of freight house. At the west end of the yard there are packing houses which receive cars daily that have to be switched across the street. The street crossing is protect neither by lights nor gates. Note the curvature of all tracks int his yard. Overhead wires make it impossible for switch crews to operate on top of cars to pass signals.
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Very Close Clearance on all sides. Heavy Truck Traffic At Both Ends and Center of Yard. There are overhead wires at the east end of the yard making impossible for switching crews to operate on top of cars to pass signals.