A freight train in the receiving yard is being pushed over the hump. Cars are separated (uncoupled) on the hump and sorted in the classification yard beyond.
Selkirk Yard was built in 1924 by the New York Central Railroad on a 700-acre (280 ha) site. Initially, it had two hump classification yards with a capacity of 11,000 cars and typically handled 8,000 cars per day.[1]
1968 rebuild
The facility was rebuilt in 1968 as the Alfred E. Perlman Yard, on an expanded site of 1,250 acres (510 ha). It features a 70-track classification hump yard, several support yards and servicing facilities. The yard can process over 3,200 cars per day, using computerized controls that originally employed a GE PAC 4020.[2]
Since 2017, Selkirk features a two-track mainline that runs east to west on the south side of the yard, allowing many run-through trains to swap crews more quickly and easily. Before, these trains ran through the body of the yard.
selkirk, yard, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, september, 2. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Selkirk Yard news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Selkirk Yard is a large freight railroad yard located in Selkirk New York about 8 mi 13 km south of Albany The yard is owned by CSX Transportation and is its major classification yard for the northeastern United States and the gateway to points east of the Hudson River including New York City It is situated just west of the Alfred H Smith Memorial Bridge on the railroad s Castleton Subdivision and is the eastern end of the Selkirk Subdivision East end of Selkirk Yard with classification yard on the left north departure yard in center and yardmaster tower on the right Selkirk Yard Contents 1 History 1 1 1968 rebuild 2 Recent improvements 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory Edit A freight train in the receiving yard is being pushed over the hump Cars are separated uncoupled on the hump and sorted in the classification yard beyond Selkirk Yard was built in 1924 by the New York Central Railroad on a 700 acre 280 ha site Initially it had two hump classification yards with a capacity of 11 000 cars and typically handled 8 000 cars per day 1 1968 rebuild EditThe facility was rebuilt in 1968 as the Alfred E Perlman Yard on an expanded site of 1 250 acres 510 ha It features a 70 track classification hump yard several support yards and servicing facilities The yard can process over 3 200 cars per day using computerized controls that originally employed a GE PAC 4020 2 Selkirk Yard seen from aboveRecent improvements EditImprovements in 2011 included an automobile transload facility and a genset switching locomotive to improve air quality by reducing emissions from yard operations 3 Since 2017 Selkirk features a two track mainline that runs east to west on the south side of the yard allowing many run through trains to swap crews more quickly and easily Before these trains ran through the body of the yard See also EditList of rail yards Selkirk hurdleReferences Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Selkirk Yard Rhodes Michael 2003 North American Railyards Minneapolis MN Voyageur Press p 148 ISBN 9780760315781 Consolidated Rail Corporation undated Conrail s Selkirk Yard A Visitor s Guide Archived 2022 09 05 at the Wayback Machine Brochure CSX introduces GenSet at Selkirk Yard Archived 2012 04 25 at the Wayback Machine Sophia Sofferman WNYT Web Producer June 30 2011External links EditPhotos of Selkirk Yard from the Conrail era Selkirk track diagrams and related mapsCoordinates 42 33 09 N 73 50 06 W 42 55256 N 73 83498 W 42 55256 73 83498 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Selkirk Yard amp oldid 1108678201, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
