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This is the SCL (former ACL) railroad yard in Saint Petersburg, Florida. This 1973 view is of the locomotive service and maintenance area near 22nd Avenue North. The large building with the smoke stack on the left was used by SCL railroad maintenance workers. Another building on the left side, but not shown, had once been used by the Pullman company employees. By this time, the old yard wooden water tower, used to fill steam locomotive tenders, and the large canopy shed covering the diesel service area had already been torn down. In the yard situated near the large maintenance building is a former L&N Pullman built sleeper that was owned as a private car. On the other side of the maintenance building, to the left, was the passenger car repair, maintenace and service area tracks, all used by Amtrak during this time period. Farther to the right side of the photo, out of view, was located the freight yard. In the center of the photo there appears to be two Alco RS-3 locomotives and the yard sand tower. An EMD yard switcher and an E-8 diesel are spotted on the next track to the right. Farther to the right is a covered hopper and a stored sleeping car placed on the same track. Covered hopper cars were brought in to supply dry sand for the locomotive sand tower. When enlarging this photo one can see in the far background a leg of the wye track that comes off the mainline. Today all the yard tracks in this view are gone, however, a small portion of the freight yard tracks and the wye remain in place.

This is part of a managed forest. It was clear that these trees had been coppiced quite some time ago, I would guess 15 to 20 years, hence them all being so close together.

A few hundred yards south of this point was an area that was being coppiced, and beside it last years regrowth.