Symington Yard

Symington Yard
Location


Location	821 Lagimodiere Blvd, Saint Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Coordinates	49°51′55.6″N 97°01′41.8″W / 49.865444°N 97.028278°W / 49.865444; -97.028278Coordinates: 49°51′55.6″N 97°01′41.8″W / 49.865444°N 97.028278°W / 49.865444; -97.028278
Characteristics
Owner(s)	Canadian National Railway
Depot code(s)	504
Type	Diesel Freight
History
Opened	1961

Symington Yard is the largest rail classification yard of the Canadian National Railway,^[1]^[2] and one of the largest rail yards in the world.^[2]^[3] The intermodal facility is located next to the Windsor Park area of Winnipeg, Manitoba.^[1]

Built in 1962 and named for former CNR Director Herbert James Symington (1881–1965),^[3] it can store 7,000 cars and handles 3,000 cars per day.^[2]^[4]

Yard incidents[]

December 15, 1983 — two sets of locomotives collide in the Yard killing a CP engineer^[5]
February 2, 1990 — eleven cars jackknifed and derailed at the bottom of the hump^[5]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Intermodal Terminals | Our Network | Our Business | cn.ca". www.cn.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
^ ^a ^b ^c https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/cn-strike-symington-yard-winnipeg-1.5364600^{[bare URL]}
^ ^a ^b "NOW (Neighbourhoods of Winnipeg) - Community Services". www.winnipeg.ca. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
^ "Transportation: Major Railyards & Intermodal Terminals". gov.mb.ca. Archived from the original on January 20, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Eric (2012-08-11). "Trackside Treasure: Symington Yard Incidents". Trackside Treasure. Retrieved 2019-11-19.

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