Eastern Railroad Discussion > Odd power in Kingston, N.Y.'s North Yard

Kingston's North Yard lies between a controlled siding (CP 87 -> CP 90) on the east and the River Sub main on the west. There are two locals that use it as their home terminal: One generally switches customers to the south, sometimes as far as Teaneck or North Bergen, N.J., while the other handles northern customers as far as Selkirk Yd. Typically power for each job is a pair of GP-38-2's or B-23-7's or a mix of the two, years ago. Once in awhile a GP-40-2, a GP-15, or even a C-30-something would make an appearance, but GP-38's are what you'll find there now. I'm including this slide, taken in June or July of 1999 because it was atypical, remaining in Kingston for less than two weeks before it went elsewhere.

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I think 1146 is here in Jacksonville now, somebody might trace it to be sure though, ed

Back in the 1990s, Conrail would often make a late Sunday afternoon light engine move south to balance power. Road power, local switchers, etc that were serviced over the weekend at Selkirk

It would drop switchers at Kingston, sometimes at Newburgh or Orangeburg, and drop the remaining engines at North Bergen, Croxton or South Kearny. Although several of these places had their own service facilities, sometimes power would be short in one place, but in surplus elsewhere.

Somewhere I have pictures of 10 engine moves (2 pulling, 8 off-line and in tow) at Ravena, Kingston, etc.