BNSF Yards

[Anonymous]

Anyone know if there is a listing of BNSF yards? I know they probably have many small yards, I am interested in the major classification yards throughout the system.

I looked at the system maps listed on the BNSF website, but the are hit and miss in identifying yards. I only have timetables for the Springfield division.

If you have one near you, please reply, include the BNSF name for it if you know it.

Thanks in advance,

Mike in Tulsa
BNSF Cherokee Sub

[Mookie]

Hobson Yard - Lincoln NE. Looks pretty major to me.

Mook

[CSSHEGEWISCH]

Out here in the Chicago area, we have Clyde on the former CB&Q and Corwith on the former ATSF. Clyde was once a hump yard but the hump was leveled and it is now an intermodal facility. Corwith may still have its hump.

[Anonymous]

BNSF has a large classification yard in Galesburg, IL. and 2 LARGE yardds in Kansas City. Murry Yrd on the old BN used for eastbound traffic, and Argintine Yrd. on the old ATSF, for westbound classification. St. Louis has one on the old BN, but dont remember the name of it.

[mudchicken]

Denver Globeville Yd, McCook NE, Alliance NE
Barstow, Richmond, San Bernardino A&B, Hobart, Belen, Amarillo (1 BN, 1 ATSF), Alliance & Saginaw TX, Pueblo, La Junta, Newton (Sand Creek), Oklahoma City, Emporia, Ft. Madison, Wellington

[ALCOC415]

west Quincy, Mo is a good sized yard they handle over flow from Galesburg and interchange from the NS in Hannibl and Burlington Jct. Railway in Quincy.
Dave

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Soo6058

BNSF has a large classification yard in Galesburg, IL. and 2 LARGE yardds in Kansas City. Murry Yrd on the old BN used for eastbound traffic, and Argintine Yrd. on the old ATSF, for westbound classification. St. Louis has one on the old BN, but dont remember the name of it.

No hump anymore at Murray BTW it handles N,S and E traffic. I think the one in StLoMo is Lindenwood or something close to that.

[route_rock]

Clinton Iowa 3 whole tracks Rock Island Ill about the same. Corwith is flat now . LEts not forget Cicero and Eola! Lacrosse is a smaller flat yard. Northtown ( never seen it) Creston has a yard. Ottumwa had a yard now it is a bottleneck pain in the rear 3 track junk yard.Peoria ( Tip up runs it for us grrr)and lets se Mendota has a so called yard as well.
Galesburg is a small yard doing a large yards work. Not very well designed ( well re designed anyway when it had two humps it moved more cars obviously)and it would be nice if they let the people working it have a say in the design of it (ha)
Argentine is a MONSTER!!!!! Cabed to a a train and it was 10 blocks away!(this is from the hot seat office and we still were not to the "middle of the yard" when we got our train!)

[nanaimo73]

According to the Map of the Month, pages 42, 43 of April-03 Trains-
Alliance, Nebraska, flat, BN
Alliance, Texas, flat, ATSF
Amarillo, Texas, South, flat, ATSF
Barstow, California, Barstow, hump, ATSF
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.896914,-117.059669&spn=0.035445,0.072081&t=h&hl=en
Denver, Colorado, 31st Street, flat, BN
Dilworth, Minnesota, Dilworth, flat, BN
Everett, Washington, Delta, flat, BN
Fort Worth, Texas, North, flat, BN
Galesburg, Illinois, Galesburg, hump, BN
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.922333,-90.379715&spn=0.065307,0.144161&t=h&hl=en
Kansas City, Kansas, Argentine, hump, ATSF
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.094631,-94.654770&spn=0.016770,0.036040&t=h&hl=en
LaCrosse, Wisconsin, La Crosse, flat, BN
Lafayette, Louisiana, Lafayette, flat, SP
Lincoln, Nebraska, Hobson, flat, BN
Memphis, Tennessee, Tennessee, hump, BN
Minneapolis, Minnesota, Northtown, hump, BN
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=45.051089,-93.271179&spn=0.061062,0.144161&t=h&hl=en
Pasco, Washington, Pasco, hump, BN
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=46.268308,-119.103041&spn=0.014937,0.036040&t=h&hl=en
Seattle, Washington, Balmer, flat, BN
Somerville, Texas, Somerville, flat, ATSF
Temple, Texas, Temple, flat, ATSF
Tulsa (Cherokee), Oklahoma, hump, BN
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=36.119989,-96.010723&spn=0.017455,0.036040&t=h&hl=en

[Mookie]

Lincoln was a hump that is now a very low bump....

[samfp1943]

The former FRISCO's Tennessee Yard, large classification yard for the SL-SF built in the early/middle 1950's is still inuse by BNSF although the building of Container trains is now probably the largest activity, or equal to the hump/classification job. With some of the classing of intermodal going over across the Mississippi River to the rebuilt Harvard Yard at Marion, Ark.

[n2mopac]

There are 3 in the Fort Worth, Texas area. The larger of these is North Yard on the Wichita Falls sub (I model this yard). There is also Downtown Yard er ah . . . downtown . . . and Saginaw Yard on the Alliance sub. which handles RoadRailers. North is the large Alliance Yard and Intermodal facility.

Ron

[Anonymous]

Argentine at Kan City is the largest on the system. In KS there are several smaller flat switched yds which do overflow work for KC and are 24/7 operations. They are Emporia, Wellington, Ark City and Newton.

[mudchicken]

31st/Globeville/Rennick at Denver along with UP/DRGW North Yard are for all intents and purposes a thing of the past. All will be gone by 2010. BNSF is moving out to Irondale/Bar and UP will be out on the KP near Watkins. Only North Yard will resemble a rail facility at all (Commuter Rail Shops)...

[Anonymous]

Mud, what are they planning at Irondale? How much of a yard?

[mudchicken]

Not yet public knowledge and still evolving. A guess would be about 2/3rds the capacity of Globeville with all long car tracks. Expect a lot of the loose cars to migrate to Pueblo. & Intermodal going back to Big Lift. There are still some in the operating department trying to put the hump back in at Pueblo (which is irrational, but...)

[MP173]

Lets not forget Logistics Park in Joliet. Not exactly a yard in traditional sense, but very much an important terminal.

ed

[route_rock]

LPC I guess is a yard. actually we call it the circle jerk(anyone who desings a circular yard and expects trains to run smooth in and out is a jerk!) Heck i forgot Willow Joliet and Hodgkins! Hodgkins is the Manifest yard behind Willow springs for an FYI.Also a transload facility and where the 101 local and anyone else going in gets HO claim for Holding On as you have to back in and out of it.

[coborn35]

Rices Point, 28th Street, 10th Street, Allouez Yards...

[Anonymous]

Eola, IL yard......

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the responses. Once again the members of this board are a great resource.

Mike in Tulsa
BNSF Cherokee Sub

[tjsmrinfo]

galveston, tx flat
houston if i remember right has 2 yards

frisco yard in sherman,tx on the old frisco madill sub flat and not that full anymore mainly unit rock trains north empty south loaded with the occasional mixed

springfield mo flat and very large


tom