Taylor Yard, Glendale, Ca.
Views of Taylor Yard taken during the early 1960s.
A set of three Southern Pacific, EMD, F-Units with a GP-9 and a switch engine trailing arrive from the Sunset Route (from Yuma) and are headed into the top end reciving tracks above the Hump Yard. All these cars will be sent over the Hump (right of picture) to make up new trains heading north and for local cars setouts in the Los Angeles area.
Looking North, the freight cars are pushed towards the crest of the Hump where they are inspected for defects (at the two small towers), the journal boxes oiled and cars uncoupled at the hump. At the right of the picture is the caboose track.
This diesel engine is a 1500 HP, Baldwin AS-616, it was used to push the cars towards the hump. Notice all those old oil switchman's lanterns in front of the engine.
After the cars are uncoupled they roll down off the Hump and switched onto one of the many yard tracks seen in the distance. The switches for all these tracks are controled from the towers seen along side the yard.
Baldwin diesels like this 1200HP, S-12 switcher were used to switch freight cars here in the yard and local switching jobs out on branch lines around Los Angeles.
If any freight cars are found to be defective, the Car Shop is where they are repaired. Other railroads are billed for these repairs.
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