Cars flew like an endless chain down the humps night and day. Here at Taylor Yards of the Southern Pacific in Los Angeles, the humpmaster watches from his tower as the cars are classified after arrival in the yard.
Transcription of the handwritten accounts of explosions in the DuPont powder yards between 1815 and 1885. Original is handwritten by Francis Gurney du Pont between 1860 and 1885.
