C96 Local mixed train, crossing the Nickel Plate Road E/B, tilting target signal in view; photo taken from gateman's tower along Napoleon St, looking northwest (railroad west).
This and the upper photograph on the following page were taken from a second-floor window of the DeWitt general yard office building. Looking nearly due south across the yard, we see the leads from the hump into the eastbound class yard and retarder…
The operators at SK tower control one of the most vital junction points on the New York Central, along with their counterparts at BE west of Cleveland, PO east of Chicago, and perhaps two or three other towers. SK is the east gateway to Selkirk Yard…