QUOTE: Originally posted by locomutt Are you saying they couldn't come up with Zero or Zip for Z??[%-)][(-D][(-D]
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Originally posted by Bob-Fryml [ <<The J.R. DAVIS YARD in Roseville, Calif. is named after the Southern Pacific's last president. GEMCO YARD, just north of Van Nuys, honors what may still be its biggest customer, General Motors. But what about some other Espee affiliated yards like TAYLOR in Los Angeles, J-YARD in East Los Angeles, ENGLEWOOD and STRANG in Houston, and ROPER (ex-D.& R.G.W.) in Salt Lake City? What are their origins?>> Taylor Yard is named after the Taylor Family. They donated the property to the old SP to build the yard and SP named it after them. The property was to revert back to the Taylor Family if RR operations ever ceased which did but aparently an aggrmnt was made between the SP and the family for the operations that exist there now( alot of non-RR). Taylor wasn't really an affiliated yard, it was the Main yard, consisting of A,B, C yards + the Local yard. ( where locals originated) for the Los Angeles Division. Back then that went from Santa Barbara to the north and Indio to the south. J-Yard ( which is actually in central LA- not east LA) was originaly called Butte Street yard and was the main operating yard on the Pacific Electric Railway. When I hired out this was the yard I worked out of. All PE extra boards were located there until 1968 or so when they were moved to Taylor yard. During WWII Butte St. was the busiest yard in the LA area seeing about 4000 cars per day. Gemco still exists... but there is no longer a General Motors plant there. (the other GM plant was located near 92nd and Alameda streets. This yard was called TWEEDY Yard, and if I am not mistaken has been obliterated. Hope you find this history lesson interesting...... Virlon save your ticket.... the P.E. will rise again. Reply Edit locomutt Member sinceSeptember 2003 From: Louisville,Ky. 5,077 posts Posted by locomutt on Friday, July 1, 2005 3:54 PM Are you saying they couldn't come up with Zero or Zip for Z??[%-)][(-D][(-D] Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!! Reply mudchicken Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Denver / La Junta 10,820 posts Posted by mudchicken on Friday, July 1, 2005 2:26 PM You expect geography or operating department upper-management to make sense? [(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D] Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west Reply chad thomas Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: Ely, Nv. 6,312 posts Posted by chad thomas on Friday, July 1, 2005 1:26 PM I wonder why they didn't go all the way to Z. That would have made more sence. Reply mudchicken Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Denver / La Junta 10,820 posts Posted by mudchicken on Friday, July 1, 2005 1:16 PM Not far from Siberia (7 miles)[:D] Chad.....The SP and later ATSP (A&P) mudchickens had a sense of humor when they started out there. ATSF did the same thing on the Northern Transcon in Colorado between Syracuse, KS and La Junta, CO.....Able, Beta, .......(most of those stations are now retired and gone) [^][^][^] Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west Reply chad thomas Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: Ely, Nv. 6,312 posts Posted by chad thomas on Friday, July 1, 2005 12:51 PM Yup, we've got a Bagdad too!!! Reply Junctionfan Member sinceFebruary 2004 From: St.Catharines, Ontario 3,770 posts Posted by Junctionfan on Friday, July 1, 2005 12:16 PM Bagdad? Andrew Reply chad thomas Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: Ely, Nv. 6,312 posts Posted by chad thomas on Friday, July 1, 2005 11:54 AM Not a yard, but has anybody noticed that the locations on the Santa Fe across the Mojave desert are in alphabetical order? Amboy Bagdad Cadiz Danby Essex Fenner Goffs Homer Ibis Java Reply ChrisBARailfan Member sinceApril 2005 From: Kansas City, MO 100 posts Posted by ChrisBARailfan on Friday, July 1, 2005 11:40 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by Rustyrex QUOTE: Originally posted by Bob-Fryml NEFF YARD in KCMO was named after a Missouri Pacific Railroad president. But what about some other Kansas City yards like ARGENTINE (A.T.S.F.) and ARMOURDALE (C.R.I.& P.)? What are their origins? I too am curious about the various Kansas City Yards, as well as AVONDALE (NS), KNOCHE (KCS) and MURRAY (BN). How about a couple St Louis ones as well, LESPERANCE (UP), LUTHER (NS) and BADEN (MKT). Very interesting topic! [:)] Correct, Argentine and Armourdale are named after neighborhoods in Kansas City Kansas, both Armourdale Argentine was settled by the Shawnee indian tribe in the 1870s and incorporated into Kansas City Kansas in the 1880s. Norfolk Southerns Avondale yard is named for Avondale, MO as the yards sits between Avondale and North Kansas City, MO. Murray yard was named for the huge Murray Elevator company facility that is adjacent, it is currently an ADM processing facility and elevator. I am not sure, but I believe that Knoche yard is junction south of Kansas City where the KC Southern interchanged with other roads in the early 1900s. Reply rockisland4309 Member sinceOctober 2003 From: Phoenix 128 posts Posted by rockisland4309 on Friday, July 1, 2005 11:19 AM Rock Island's Armourdale yard is part of the Armourdale district of Kansas City, KS. The same goes for Santa Fe's Argentine yard is located in Argentine district of Kansas City, KS. Reply Rustyrex Member sinceMay 2003 From: Sunflower State 94 posts Posted by Rustyrex on Friday, July 1, 2005 1:24 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by Bob-Fryml NEFF YARD in KCMO was named after a Missouri Pacific Railroad president. But what about some other Kansas City yards like ARGENTINE (A.T.S.F.) and ARMOURDALE (C.R.I.& P.)? What are their origins? I too am curious about the various Kansas City Yards, as well as AVONDALE (NS), KNOCHE (KCS) and MURRAY (BN). How about a couple St Louis ones as well, LESPERANCE (UP), LUTHER (NS) and BADEN (MKT). Very interesting topic! [:)] Reply ericsp Member sinceMay 2015 5,134 posts Posted by ericsp on Friday, July 1, 2005 12:10 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by Bob-Fryml The J.R. DAVIS YARD in Roseville, Calif. is named after the Southern Pacific's last president. GEMCO YARD, just north of Van Nuys, honors what may still be its biggest customer, General Motors. But what about some other Espee affiliated yards like TAYLOR in Los Angeles, J-YARD in East Los Angeles, ENGLEWOOD and STRANG in Houston, and ROPER (ex-D.& R.G.W.) in Salt Lake City? What are their origins? It seems like I heard how Taylor got its name, however I do not remember. I would guess it is named after a company official or a distinguished employee. There is an "A Yard" on PHL. I also seem to recall hearing about other yards in the LA area that were just a letter followed by yard. I am guessing that they got tired of looking for names for yards in the LA area and just started using the alphabet. Who could forget Bull Ring Yard? If I remember correctly, it was so named because it resembled a bull ring. Isn't J Yard in south LA, near Watts? "No soup for you!" - Yev Kassem (from Seinfeld) Reply fuzzybroken Member sinceOctober 2002 From: Milwaukee, WI, US 1,384 posts Posted by fuzzybroken on Thursday, June 30, 2005 11:58 PM CP here in Milwaukee has Lake (named after the town of Lake, now all absorbed by Milwaukee, Cudahy, and St. Francis), Wash 4 (named after Washington Street), Muskego Yard (named after a street that it displaces/used to run through it?), and Grand Avenue Junction (right under Wisconsin Avenue, formerly known as Grand Avenue, also the name of a mall farther east on Wis Ave.). UP has Mitchell Yard and Butler Yard. Various Mitchells have been instrumental in Milwaukee's history, and I know a Mitchell was once president of the Milwaukee Road, although I'm not sure of C&NW. A Mitchell or two was a banker, so maybe they lent C&NW money? Butler is interesting since no part of it actually exists in Butler itself, but actually across the street in Milwaukee! -Mark www.fuzzyworld3.com -Fuzzy Fuzzy World 3 Reply Murphy Siding Member sinceMay 2005 From: S.E. South Dakota 13,569 posts Posted by Murphy Siding on Thursday, June 30, 2005 7:14 PM Was Selkirk yard named after the Selkirk mountains?Did the Pearlman name change after PennCentral went down? Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar. Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 30, 2005 6:19 PM Selkirk yard in NY was originally Selkirk, then Pearlman and THEN back to Selkirk, following various corporate name changes. Reply Edit Bob-Fryml Member sinceMarch 2003 From: US 733 posts Posted by Bob-Fryml on Thursday, June 30, 2005 5:53 PM NEFF YARD in KCMO was named after a Missouri Pacific Railroad president. But what about some other Kansas City yards like ARGENTINE (A.T.S.F.) and ARMOURDALE (C.R.I.& P.)? What are their origins? The J.R. DAVIS YARD in Roseville, Calif. is named after the Southern Pacific's last president. GEMCO YARD, just north of Van Nuys, honors what may still be its biggest customer, General Motors. But what about some other Espee affiliated yards like TAYLOR in Los Angeles, J-YARD in East Los Angeles, ENGLEWOOD and STRANG in Houston, and ROPER (ex-D.& R.G.W.) in Salt Lake City? What are their origins? Lastly (for now) who was the "Conway" behind CONWAY YARD (PRR) in Pittsburgh? A crusty, old, yet brilliant General Superintendent told me one time, "Young man, trains standing still lose money while trains moving make money. Seeing a train stopped or freight cars rusting in a track make me very nervous." Given all of the poor velocity issues plaguing the industry today, I should think that no railroad executive would want to lend his moniker to that most conspicuous obstacle to railroad financial performance: the freight yard. Reply SSW9389 Member sinceJuly 2001 From: Shelbyville, Kentucky 1,967 posts Posted by SSW9389 on Thursday, June 30, 2005 5:08 PM Gravity Yard in Pine Bluff, Arkansas is a hump yard. It uses gravity for switching the cars to their classification tracks! COTTON BELT: Runs like a Blue Streak! Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 30, 2005 3:11 PM Here are a few yd names from KS: BNSF at Newton is named Sand Creek, the yd at Hutchinson is Way (named after a official), the former RI (now UP) Wichita yd is known as Cline (named after RI land agent who helped the rr purchase the site for the yd when it was buikt in 1911). Reply Edit Junctionfan Member sinceFebruary 2004 From: St.Catharines, Ontario 3,770 posts Posted by Junctionfan on Thursday, June 30, 2005 2:49 PM What about CN's Mac Millan Yard in Brampton/ Toronto vicinity? Andrew Reply railfan619 Member sinceMarch 2004 From: Somewhere near the tracks 927 posts Posted by railfan619 on Thursday, June 30, 2005 2:31 PM the name here in the milwaukee is called Mitchell yard. Reply CSSHEGEWISCH Member sinceMarch 2016 From: Burbank IL (near Clearing) 13,540 posts Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Thursday, June 30, 2005 2:28 PM Proviso on the C&NW got its name because it is located in Proviso Township. Argo on the IHB drew its name from Argo cornstarch, a product of Corn Products, who has a major plant adjacent to the IHB at that point. Calumet Yard, an N&W/NKP facility, is located at the edge of what is known as the Calumet region of Illinois and Indiana. The daily commute is part of everyday life but I get two rides a day out of it. Paul Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 30, 2005 2:28 PM CSX Selkirk yard was orinaginaly known as Perlman yard....after the railroad CEO of New York Central...Willard Yard was known as East Chicago OH but the town and that railroad were renamed after the B&O railroad exectutive Reply Edit tree68 Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Northern New York 25,023 posts Posted by tree68 on Thursday, June 30, 2005 2:07 PM The yard in Watertown, NY is called Massey - after the street/road that it's on. One of the yards at Fort Drum is sometimes referred to as the coal yard, even though the old coal dumping facility on that yard is long gone. On the other hand, the yard where the coal facility is now is called east, or Gas Alley... Even some of the waypoints on various lines can be a source of wonderment. "Cona" and "Brad" are pretty obvious abreviations of "Lacona" (a town) and "Bradley" (a street). "Stan" is probably a shortening of "Stanwix," an early name for Rome, NY. It's located about where the old RW&O line headed south for Rome, vs the current line which goes to Syracuse. I still haven't figured out "Roots" or "Kane". Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it... Reply louisnash Member sinceMarch 2003 From: Northern Kentucky 512 posts Posted by louisnash on Thursday, June 30, 2005 2:07 PM Decoursey Yards-Latonia KY Queensgate Yards-Cincinnati OH More in the area. These are the ones I like. Brian (KY) Reply rockisland4309 Member sinceOctober 2003 From: Phoenix 128 posts Posted by rockisland4309 on Thursday, June 30, 2005 1:23 PM CSXrules4eva, North Platte's Bailey was named for Edd H. Bailey. 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Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
QUOTE: Originally posted by Rustyrex QUOTE: Originally posted by Bob-Fryml NEFF YARD in KCMO was named after a Missouri Pacific Railroad president. But what about some other Kansas City yards like ARGENTINE (A.T.S.F.) and ARMOURDALE (C.R.I.& P.)? What are their origins? I too am curious about the various Kansas City Yards, as well as AVONDALE (NS), KNOCHE (KCS) and MURRAY (BN). How about a couple St Louis ones as well, LESPERANCE (UP), LUTHER (NS) and BADEN (MKT). Very interesting topic! [:)]
QUOTE: Originally posted by Bob-Fryml NEFF YARD in KCMO was named after a Missouri Pacific Railroad president. But what about some other Kansas City yards like ARGENTINE (A.T.S.F.) and ARMOURDALE (C.R.I.& P.)? What are their origins?
QUOTE: Originally posted by Bob-Fryml The J.R. DAVIS YARD in Roseville, Calif. is named after the Southern Pacific's last president. GEMCO YARD, just north of Van Nuys, honors what may still be its biggest customer, General Motors. But what about some other Espee affiliated yards like TAYLOR in Los Angeles, J-YARD in East Los Angeles, ENGLEWOOD and STRANG in Houston, and ROPER (ex-D.& R.G.W.) in Salt Lake City? What are their origins?
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Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
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