Eastern Railroad Discussion > Current hump yards in North America

Since this is frequently brought up topic, the following are the current hump yards in North America:

The following are:
1. Active yards. Most are large with 30 or more tracks, but the mini humps have less than 20.
2. Have high profile humps (around 15' - 25'). Yards equipped with Dowty retarders usually have lower profile humps. Mini humps also have lower profile humps.
3. Have automated retarders (usually one main retarder and then group retarders) or Dowty retarders. Mini humps usually have only a master retarder OR have retarders on one rail instead of both.
4. Are "network" yards, meaning they build trains for each respective railroad's entire system and not for an individual industry. All the following are used for the classification of loose carload freight.

56 grand total

--Union Pacific (13 total)
Bloomington, CA West Colton Yard
Roseville, CA Davis Yard (Dowty retarders)
Hermiston, OR Hinkle Yard
North Platte, NE Bailey Yard (double hump)
Ft. Worth, TX Davidson Yard
Houston, TX Englewood Yard
Kansas City, MO Neff Yard
Livonia, LA (Dowty retarders)
North Little Rock, AR
Pine Bluff, AR
Northlake, IL Proviso Yard
Laporte, TX Strang Yard (mini hump)
Beaumont, TX (mini hump)

--BNSF (9 total)
Pasco, WA
Barstow, CA
Lincoln, NE Hobson Yard
Kansas City, KS Argentine Yard
Tulsa, OK Cherokee Yard
Memphis, TN Tennessee Yard
Galesburg, IL
Fridley, MN Northtown Yard
Seattle, WA Balmer Yard (mini hump)

--CSX (12 total)
Waycross, GA Rice Yard
Atlanta, GA Tilford Yard
Hamlet, NC
Nashville, TN Radnor Yard
Fultondale, AL Boyles Yard
Louisville, KY Osborn Yard
Cumberland, MD
Cincinnati, OH Queensgate Yard
Willard, OH (double hump)
Walbridge, OH Stanley Yard
Avon, IN
Selkirk, NY

--Norfolk Southern (11 total)
Macon, GA Brosnan Yard
Chattanooga, TN Debutts Yard
Knoxville, TN Sevier Yard
Irondale, AL Norris Yard
Muscle Shoals, AL Sheffield Yard
Linwood, NC Spencer Yard
Elkhart, IN
Bellevue, OH Moorman Yard
Conway, PA
Allentown, PA
Enola, PA

--Canadian National (4 total)
Vaughn, ON MacMillan Yard (double hump)
Winnipeg, MB Symington Yard
Gary, IN Kirk Yard
Memphis, TN Harrison Yard (Dowty retarders)

--Canadian Pacific (1 total)
St. Paul, MN (a.k.a. Pigs Eye Yard)

--Indiana Harbor Belt (1 total)
Riverdale, IL Blue Island Yard

--Belt Railway of Chicago (1 total)
Bedford Park, IL Clearing Yard (double hump)

--Terminal Railroad Association (1 total)
Venice, IL Madison Yard

--Alton & Southern (1 total)
East St. Louis, IL Gateway Yard
(The A&S is wholly owned by Union Pacific)

--Conrail Shared Assets Operation (1 total)
Newark, NJ Oak Island Yard

--FTVM (1 total)
Tlalnepantla, MEX (a.k.a Valle de Mexico)

For the current thread discussing recently closed hump yards (up to 30 years ago:
http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,3785178

Andrew

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/05/15 09:25 by florida581.

So then KCS has no hump yards?

moltensulphur Wrote:
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> So then KCS has no hump yards?

No. They actually were planning to turn Deramus Yard in Sheveport, LA into a hump yard with Dowty retarders, but ultimately the plan was mothballed.

https://www.arema.org/files/library/2007_Conference_Proceedings/Deramus_Yard-Face-Lift_2007.pdf

Andrew

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NS-Moorman (Bellevue, OH) is now a double hump.

toledopatch Wrote:
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> NS-Moorman (Bellevue, OH) is now a double hump.

I had a hard time trying to classify that yard (no pun intended). Both class bowls (separated by the car shops) share a common hump crest.

Andrew

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Alton and Southern has a similar arrangement to Moorman Yard - two tracks over a common hump.
Gonut

Gonut1 Wrote:
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> Alton and Southern has a similar arrangement to
> Moorman Yard - two tracks over a common hump.

In fact, 8 yards are set up like that: NS Conway, NS Moorman, CSX Rice, UP Proviso, UP Bailey East, CN MacMillan, CN Symington, and A&S Gateway. They all have 2 tracks over a common hump that lead into a single class bowl. This design allowed two trains to be humped simultaneously.

However, the unique thing about Moorman Yard is that a common two-track hump crest leads into two separate class bowls.

Andrew

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/04/15 20:36 by florida581.

Care to list them in order of size?

Joe

joeygooganelli Wrote:
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> Care to list them in order of size?
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Don't tempt me :)

Andrew

You left out CSX Birmingham................

JLSeale

LandN1971 Wrote:
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> You left out CSX Birmingham................
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It's listed there. Boyles Yard is located in Fultondale, AL, which is a northern suburb of Birmingham.

Andrew

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/04/15 21:31 by florida581.