It took me about 30 minutes to drive from Eighth Avenue to the Crest Tower in Davidson Yard, and I took the elevator and stairs to the top where I was greeted by a totally different view of the facility. The managers on duty told me about the problems of snowed in switches that led to outlawed crews everywhere and only a handful of vans to swap them out. I did not envy them one bit, so leaving them to their tasks I turned my attention to these views of the yard and hump.
After these photos I made my way back down to ground level for a few more shots at both ends of the yard.
The resources available to me in the tower had indicated that the two trains in the final photo would be trying to go west on the Baird Sub soon and a “Z” train was inbound within the hour, so I decided to finish up the day at my favorite cut in Boaz Park.
