NYC Merchandise facility

[angelob6660]

Does anyone know any New York Central merchandise terminals that loaded boxcars and trailer flatcars during the late 1950s?

[rcdrye]

NYC had freight houses in every large city, and in many smaller ones, though not all NYC freight houses handled "Merchandise Despatch" cars.  In New York the MDT trains were handled on the West Side freight line, assembled in the upper west side yard above 60th st.  The Chicago freight house was sandwiched between LaSalle St Station and Grand Central.  The Chicago yard used for Flexi-van trains is still in use just northeast of the former Englewood station.