For Information, the tracks shown above or the D&S "South Yard" is not part of the original freight yard that was located south of the depot and roundhouse. The tracks that are being removed now were constructed during the begining of the Bradshaw era to create more storage room. Nothing D&RG original about them. In fact, when the turnout was put in off the loop to get to these tracks, we very seldom (if ever) took a locomotive past this point. After construction, this turnout(on a curve) was a constant problem as locomotives (going down the main) would derail there regularly.
MDR