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West Side Yard - A coach yard owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road. Built in the 1980s between 31st and 33rd St on the site of a New York Central freight yard, it is the only active railroad yard in Manhattan, excluding the subway system.
Train of Many Colors storage at 207th Street Yard. The New York City Transit Authority operates 24 rail yards for the New York City Subway system and one for the Staten Island Railway. [1] [2] [3] There are 10 active A Division yards and 11 active B Division yards, two of which are shared between divisions for storage and car washing.
The West Side Yard (officially the John D. Caemmerer West Side Yard) is a rail yard of 30 tracks owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on the west side of Manhattan in New York City. Used to store commuter rail trains operated by the subsidiary Long Island Rail Road, the 26.17-acre (10.59 ha) yard sits between West 30th Street ...
The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) completed construction of the yard in 1910. [1]: 93 At that time, Sunnyside was the largest coach yard in the world, occupying 192 acres (0.78 km 2) and containing 25.7 miles (41.4 km) of track. [1]: 76 The yard served as the main train storage and
Active freight rail yards in New York City and Long Island include: [17] 51st Street Yard - Brooklyn shore, used by NYNJ Rail [37] 65th Street Yard – Brooklyn shore, reopened in 2012 after being refurbished for cross harbor car float barge, which connects to Greenville Yard in New Jersey. Hub for NYNJ Rail. [37]
2.2.28 New York. 2.2.29 North Carolina. 2.2.30 North Dakota. 2.2.31 ... This article is a list of important rail yards in geographical order. These listed may be ...
The West Side Line, also called the West Side Freight Line, is a railroad line on the west side of the New York City borough of Manhattan.North of Penn Station, from 34th Street, the line is used by Amtrak passenger service heading north via Albany to Toronto; Montreal; Niagara Falls and Buffalo, New York; Burlington, Vermont; and Chicago.
Fresh Pond Junction is a freight yard in the Ridgewood and Glendale neighborhoods of Queens in New York City. It is operated by the New York & Atlantic Railway, which serves Long Island using tracks owned by the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). [1] The yard has operated since the early 20th century [2] and is the primary rail freight yard on the ...