We came across a great photo via Shorpy’s Twitter handle this weekend. It shows the old Eckington rail yard back in the 1920s.
!["Eckington Yards, June 4, 1923." A rare and unusually detailed look at the Baltimore & Ohio rail yard in Washington, D.C., during that year's big gathering of Masonic lodges. National Photo Company glass negative.](https://ghostsofdc.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2014/07/SHORPY-24262u.jpg)
!["Past and present in locomotives. Eckington Yards, June 4, 1923." A closeup of the locomotive in the Baltimore & Ohio rail yard during the Masonic convention in Washington, D.C. The big engine wears the livery of "Boumi Temple," a Baltimore Shrine lodge. 5x7 glass negative.](https://ghostsofdc.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2014/07/SHORPY-24260u.jpg)
Eckington Yards, 1923. Rare and detailed look at Baltimore & Ohio rail yard. Washington, D.C. http://t.co/4FnPxLtKYi pic.twitter.com/0ve8zA6AEs
— Shorpy (@Shorpy) May 30, 2014
Check out the map of the same area from 1919.
![Eckington in 1919](https://ghostsofdc.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2014/07/eckington.jpeg)
Today, this area is occupied by the FedEx shipping center at the intersection of New York Ave. and Florida Ave.