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Box 62

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View from Fireman's Side of Locomotive, 1960

 File — Box: 62, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents The tracks shown on the left side are the west side main line and pull-in tracks which run parallel to the Portlock yard. The curved tracks in the center of the picture are part of the wet end of the Portlock yard. This area is usually very heavily congested, especially at night. I have seen as many as seven or eight crews working the end of this yard; road crews leaving from the point and yard crews going back and forth all of the time. Because of this congestion, constant lookout is...
Dates: 1960