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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 Murphy Siding Member sinceMay 2005 From: S.E. South Dakota 13,569 posts Posted by Murphy Siding on Friday, July 1, 2005 8:39 PM nanaimo73 : What is the proper name for Milwaukee's/Soo's/CP's St Paul yard? Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar. Reply nanaimo73 Member sinceApril 2005 From: Nanaimo BC Canada 4,117 posts Posted by nanaimo73 on Saturday, July 2, 2005 2:00 AM St.Paul Yard is still the official name. The Pigs Eye name is still the nickname, and more people use it. It sounds better. Dale Reply chad thomas Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: Ely, Nv. 6,312 posts Posted by chad thomas on Saturday, July 2, 2005 9:26 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by locomutt Are you saying they couldn't come up with Zero or Zip for Z??[%-)][(-D][(-D] That's funny Walter.[(-D][(-D][(-D] Reply wctransfer Member sinceFebruary 2005 From: New Brighton, Minnesota 1,493 posts Posted by wctransfer on Saturday, July 2, 2005 11:18 AM Ahhhhhh, good ole Pigs Eye on the CP. BNSF, and UP use it also, but i railfan over there once and a while with my Uncle. Its a really cool place, and extremely busy.Also, the SOO line used to have a Shoreham yard in minneapolis, and i wonder how that got its name? Alec Check out my pics! [url="http://wctransfer.rrpicturearchives.net/"] http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?userid=8714 Reply 12 Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
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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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