Picture W-2 was also taken in the Alfalfa yard but is looking eastward. In the immediate foreground is the "Little Flower" road crossing previously referred to. Inbound Texas and New Orleans (T. and N ...

Creosote, a mix of chemicals used as a wood preservative — and a probable carcinogen, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — was used at the rail yard by Southern Pacific for ...

Residents and local officials have long blamed the high number of cancer cases on contamination from a rail yard originally owned by Southern Pacific and later bought by Union Pacific near two ...

Picture W-1 was taken in the Adair or Alfalfa yard looking west from the "Little Flower" grade crossing which is just off the bottom of the picture and not visible here. This is a heavily trafficked ...