Largest Railyards in North America

[beaulieu]

Several European humpyards sort more cars than Bailey Yard at North Platte, but if you count the unit coal train cars that are inspected at Bailey Yard, then it is the busiest, also it covers the largest amount of land area.  The busiest humpyard in Germany is Maschen Yard, SE of Hamburg, it regularly sorts over 5,000 cars per day, and is rated for 6,000 cars/day. It was completely rebuilt a few years ago with all the refinements in humpyard equipment. All cars pass through 3 sets of retarders to allow the highest possible humping speeds, and all tracks are equipped with cable mules for track trimming, and gathering. Other busy European humpyards are, Kifhoek Yard near Rotterdam, Kledering Yard near Vienna, and Noord Yard at Antwerp. Many small European yards feature a mini-hump, without retarders, so that there is no need to "kick" cars in an otherwise flat-switched yard.

[chicagorails]

up in north platte baileys yard......................up container in rochelle global 3....................

[Anonymous]

What/where is the largest BNSF...?

If I remeber correctly the BNSF Largest yard in Argentine Yard.  Or so some of the BNSF guy in KC say.  They say it  is the BNSF flagship yard.

HHMM, Argentine trumphs Galesburg?, Northtown? WOW! I beleive ya', just WOW

I know, pulling a train into Galesburg seems like it takes forever to get from the North R&D to the South.  I have not pulled any trains into Argentine, but I have seen it from the outside.  I believe it is 8 miles long.  I could be wrong on the length.

[traisessive1]

Canada's largest is also CN's largest - MacMillan Yard. It is located in Toronto Ontario.

[snagletooth]

What/where is the largest BNSF...?

If I remeber correctly the BNSF Largest yard in Argentine Yard.  Or so some of the BNSF guy in KC say.  They say it  is the BNSF flagship yard.

HHMM, Argentine trumphs Galesburg?, Northtown? WOW! I beleive ya', just WOW

[Anonymous]

What/where is the largest BNSF...?

If I remeber correctly the BNSF Largest yard in Argentine Yard.  Or so some of the BNSF guy in KC say.  They say it  is the BNSF flagship yard.

[oskar]

Baliey Yard is the largest in North America but in the world I was told that a city in Germany has that title now. Rice Yard is close to that top spot.

 

 

Kevin

[CShaveRR]

Ed, our throughput is several thousand cars a day--up to 2000 of which are humped.

Our name for the yard parallel to 294 is Yard 9 (Proviso was divided into nine smaller yards at one time).  It serves as the receiving yard, where inbound manifests (all of them, not just Wisconsin) are inspected before humping.

If you have to visit your customer up there, let me know!

[Chris30]

The north/south yard just east of I-294 is Proviso Yard 9 - receiving yard and run through for trains (coal/hopper) goiung north onto the Milwaukee (ex-New) Line Sub.

CC

[MP173]

How would one determine the largest?  By car capacity? or by land mass? 

Carl, how many cars does Proviso classify daily on average?  Also, there is a north south yard just east of 294.  Is that also Proviso?  I would assume that handles Wisconsin and Northern Illinois traffic.  Correct? or not?

Just checked my CORA map...it does indeed say Proviso North.  I have a customer up in that area and there always seems to be activity in the yard by the office.

ed

[Railfan1]

I believe Rice Yard in Waycross, Ga is the second or third largest.

[spbed]

OK thanks for the info

 

 

Bellvue has only 29 tracks in the EW yard plus another 47 in the CY yard another 15 in the A and W yards plus a few other small tracks which is a total of 91 tracks the Elkhart yard has 72 track in the hump yard plus receiving yard of 15 track and two departure tracks of 6 and 7 each plus a local yard with 12 tracks which is 112 tracks plus a few more mot counted such as the car and diesel shop tracks so that would make Elkhart yard the biggest in the NS system

[vlmuke]

Bellvue has only 29 tracks in the EW yard plus another 47 in the CY yard another 15 in the A and W yards plus a few other small tracks which is a total of 91 tracks the Elkhart yard has 72 track in the hump yard plus receiving yard of 15 track and two departure tracks of 6 and 7 each plus a local yard with 12 tracks which is 112 tracks plus a few more mot counted such as the car and diesel shop tracks so that would make Elkhart yard the biggest in the NS system

[Mookie]

What/where is the largest BNSF...?

[CNW 6000]

I think its Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska.  On UP's website (http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/facilities/bailey/index.shtml ) it says:
"Union Pacific Railroad's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska, is the largest railroad classification yard in the world."

Works for me! 

[Anonymous]

Conway and Selikirk are the bigest in the ex-conrail system

[spbed]

Is not Bellevue the largest NSRR yard?

 

 

 

The largest yard in the NS system is located in Elkhart IN

[vlmuke]

The largest yard in the NS system is located in Elkhart IN

[CShaveRR]

The "Official" largest yard in the world is UP's at North Platte.  At one time, CNW's Proviso Yard held that honor, but it was cut back a bit in the 1950s.  Still pretty busy--I'm off to "check it out" for about eight hours today.

[snagletooth]

 BRC in Chicago (okay, Bedford Park),  the former BN in Galesburg and Northtown. The ATSF Argentine in KC. I believe the NS yard in Atlanta holds the title now, though. And the tidewater yards in Norfolk HAS GOT be close. Any others?

[Doc Murdock]

In a similar vien to my last post, where are the largest railyards in North America located?