Note the close clearance of the columns on the right, the mail truck approaching the crossing, and the curvature of the track. These tracks go through an area like this for approximately half a mile. Buildings and street are overhead, so it is always dark, even in the daytime.
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U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs #5003 P. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
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