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Walbridge yard status?
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:41 pm
by MSchwiebert
Had the opportunity to take a swing by Walbridge yard on Sunday, while the large number of autoracks parked in the yard didn't surprise me, the apparent lack of cars other than autoracks did. Is that switching now done at Stanley? I also noticed that the new crew building looks to be nearly complete, which will probably mean that the current one is not long for this world.
Re: Walbridge yard status?
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 5:31 pm
by AARR
Maybe things have changed, or maybe I don't recall correctly, but I thought one yard was for carload traffic and the other was for everything else
Re: Walbridge yard status?
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 6:12 pm
by MagnumForce
They still do most classification at Walbridge last I knew, they do anything that they can hump there. I am not sure what Stanley is used for anymore.
Re: Walbridge yard status?
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 6:41 pm
by sd70accsxt700
hey still do most classification at Walbridge last I knew, they do anything that they can hump there. I am not sure what Stanley is used for anymore.
Walbridge has not have a hump, or has had a hump in around 15 years. With the new 1 Plan, you see very few mixed freight in Walbridge now. It all goes over to Stanley. Even before the new 1 plan, most all mixed was at Stanley. The new "brick" has been open for two months now. I am suprised the old building is still standing. Get your photos of it now. It is supposed to come down soon.
Re: Walbridge yard status?
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:10 pm
by MDH
sd70accsxt700 wrote:I am suprised the old building is still standing. Get your photos of it now. It is supposed to come down soon.
Funny - I think I've always avoided shooting the old building - guess I better go get some shots this week!
Document history while I can...
Michael
Re: Walbridge yard status?
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:24 pm
by MagnumForce
Blah, I mixed up the east and west yard. MDH is right, it's Walbridge that I don't know what they use for anymore.
Re: Walbridge yard status?
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:30 pm
by MDH
MagnumForce wrote:Blah, I mixed up the east and west yard. MDH is right, it's Walbridge that I don't know what they use for anymore.
You meant Matt
(I just commented on Matt's comment) but Walbridge is mainly used for automotive traffic - although in this economy that's translated into a lot of autorack storage...
Re: Walbridge yard status?
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:41 pm
by trainjunkie47
I just drove by Walbridge and Stanley, today.
Stanley was a very busy place. Walbridge was pretty tame.