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Over the past couple of months I've had my boyhood love of trains rekindled (building a new house in a refurbishing neighborhood next to CSX's Tilford [Atlanta] Yard has something to do with it), and I've got a million questions to help me understand prototype operations. But I'll start with one--What are the different purposes for all of the different yards I've come across while driving around town? Some I understand, I think, like CSX's Tilford and NS's Inman which (I guess) function as main classification yards, sorting incoming cars by destination and making up new trains to head out on the various mainlines. And I understand the role of intermodal yards like CSX's Hulsey or NS's Austell. And I also understand ( I think) the role of an interchange yard like the one sitting at the junction of CSX and a local shortline, the Georgia Northeastern. But in Atlanta, there are a handful of midsize yards that have me scratching my head, like Pegram and Armour on NS and Howells on CSX. It would appear that they served as classification or interchange yards when there were more than two railroads in town, but what do they do now? What would they potentially do that the main classification yards don't already handle? Obviously, I gear my question to help me understand my hometown (and would love to hear from someone locally in-the-know), but I'm interested in a larger sense as well for potential modeling ideas. Thanks!
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