Box 59
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Alaskan Way Viaduct at Atlantic Street, 1960
This picture shows the extensive trackage under and adjacent to the Alaskan Way Viaduct at Atlantic Street. The white lines in the foreground are a pedestrian crosswalk. Since tracks curve here to the right and to the left, and with the pedestrian crosswalk, it is obviously necessary to maintain a lookout from both sides of the locomotive. You can see the tracks crossing the extreme right there. Generally, the standard switch type locomotives are used in this area.
Atlantic Street Crossing by Alaskan Way Viaduct, 1960
East Side of Alaskan Way Viaduct, North of Atlantic Street, 1960
East Side of Alaskan Way Viaduct, North of Atlantic Street, 1960
East Side of Alaskan Way Viaduct, North of Atlantic Street, 1960
Looking South Towards Seattle House Yard, 1960
Looking south toward the Seattle house yard and toward the Northern Pacific main line. The Seattle house yard is off to the left and not shown. To the right is Occidental Avenue. The track in the center of the picture curving over to the right is the spur leading off to Occidental Avenue. Notice the number of cars parked immediately adjacent to the tracks. Also notice the close clearance between the cars and the track.
Northern Pacific, Union Pacific, Milwaukee Road, and Pacific Coast Main Lines at Argo Yard, 1960
Taken at Argo, located approximately four miles south of the Seattle House Yard and nine or ten miles south of Interbay Yard. All of the tracks are main lines of the Northern Pacific, Union Pacific, Milwaukee Road, and Pacific Coast Railroad. Freight and passenger trains, as well as yard engines of the Union Pacific, Northern Pacific, and Great Northern, move over these tracks. This is one of the busiest locations in the Seattle area.
South Occidental Avenue, 1960
NP track used occasionally by GN; curve to the left on fireman's side. Sears Tower (now Starbucks Corporate Headquarters) in background.
Seventh Avenue Switching Operation, 1960
Seventh Avenue Trackage, 1960
Shows the approach to the stockyard track and indicates close clearance and the obstruction to vision caused by stockyard pens. Switchmen will try to stay on the platform, which eliminates having to get in between where clearance is close.