Spencer Yard
Spencer Yard aka Linwood Yard is one of the largest classification railroad yards in North Carolina. It is also one of the remaining hump yards in North America,[1] which are steadily being eliminated.[2] The yard is operated by Norfolk Southern Railway (NS). The yard is located 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury, and 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Spencer, off Interstate 85 in Davidson County, west of Linwood.[3] The yard is on the edge of the NS Charlotte District and Danville District, and the Asheville District is nearby in Salisbury.
History[]
Spencer Yard, aka Linwood Yard for the location, is named after Samuel Spencer, the first president of Southern Railway.[4] It started operations in 1979 for the Southern Railway, before the NS merger. The project cost $49 million to build. The yard is 376 acres (1.52 km2) and 4.5 miles (7.2 km) long and consists of more than 65 miles (105 km) of track.[3] The yard facilities include diesel locomotive repair shops, which replaced older facilities at the nearby Spencer Shops.[5]
Current operation[]
More than 20 freight trains are handled by Spencer Yard (aka Linwood Yard) every day. More than 1,000 employees serve the yard, and the yard reassembles more than 3,000 cars a day.
References[]
- ^ "North America's hump yards July 8, 2006" Accessed 2018-02-20.
- ^ "New CSX CEO Shakes Up the Railroad, Starting With ‘Hump Yards’ April 18, 2017" Accessed 2018-02-20.
- ^ a b Rhodes, Michael (2003). North American Railroads (1 ed.). Voyageur Press. pp. 216, 240. ISBN 1610604598. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ "Norfolk Southern, Our History, 2012" Accessed 2018-02-20
- ^ "North Carolina Transportation Museum - History of Spencer Shops." Accessed 2009-06-17.
Coordinates: 35°44′08″N 80°20′27″W / 35.7356°N 80.3407°W
- Norfolk Southern Railway
- Rail infrastructure in North Carolina
- Rail yards in the United States
- Southern Railway (U.S.)
- United States rail transportation stubs
- North Carolina transportation stubs