I was reading in my operation book that yard tracks a numbered from the main line out.
How are they numbered when the main runs down the middle of the yard?
hwolfHow are they numbered when the main runs down the middle of the yard?
One common arrangement was to have even-numbered yard tracks on the northbound or eastbound side of the main and odd-numbered tracks on the southbound or westbound side. There are a lot of different ways of numbering yard tracks. Some yards had named tracks. Some had lettered tracks. Some had a mix of numbers, names and letters.
Well,I knew PRR had such a yard and it was West 1-18 and East 1-15 with 2 double crossovers..Permission to use these crossovers was obtain from High Street tower.These was manual switches and had to be relined and locked after making your move and reported to High Street you was clear and the switches was locked and line for the main.
West was Westbound Yard and of course East was East bound yard..A single yard crew switch both yards since the yard was used for the GM plant and IIRC Westinghouse..GM had a shuttle train that switched the plant each shift..Westinghouse was switched twice daily.
Larry
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I know of one yard that has 21 yard tracks with the main track (actually two main tracks) running through the middle. The north side begins with 1 next to the mains and counts to the north to track 14. Tracks 15 thru 21 are on the south side, with 15 being next to the mains and counting to the south.
Jeff
In many yards in today's world the computer field holding the track name is Alpha-Numeric. As a result the yard track may not always be represented by a number. For example, the yard track may be S12 for South Yard 12. Or something like "B14 for Bowl Track 14".