Nostalgia & History > Stanley Yard (OH) question

Does anyone know what date (or at least year) that Stanley Yard's automated retarders were installed?  I read that the Toledo & Ohio Central equipped the yard with a rider hump in the 1930's.   It was then said that the automated retarders were installed at a later time, but didn't give a specific date.

Stanley Yard is CSX's current hump yard on the south side of Toledo, OH.  The yard was built by the T&OC and then became part of the New York Central.

Andrew



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/29/16 13:33 by florida581.

1920-31, given what was in this article from the Toledo Blade, written upon the retirement of Superintendent Jack Spooner:
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A-xOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aQAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2513%2C4489149