Yardmaster's view of class yard. That's the lower end switcher on Trk 18. NE-84 is made up Trk1 on left and first half on NY-10 on cripple track lead/Trk36 on right. Metal building on right house the air compressor for "yard air". Retarder operator tower also on right. There used to two towers when class yard had 36 tracks. Switches were electric and fast action and operation was not protected by track circuits. It was possible, "but never happened" to throw the switch under a moving car....

Photographed by Bruce Nelson, March, 1976.
Added to the photo archive by Bruce Nelson, December 12, 2018.
Railroad: Boston & Maine.

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