Received the following e-mailed information on Hump Yards still in service.
Thought there might be some interest on this forum.
Current hump yards in North America
The following are:
1. Active yards. Most are large with 30 or more tracks, but the mini humps have less than 20.
2. Have high profile humps (around 15' - 25'). Yards equipped with Dowty retarders usually have lower profile humps. Mini humps also have lower profile humps.
3. Have automated retarders (usually one main retarder and then group retarders) or Dowty retarders. Mini humps usually have only a master retarder OR have retarders on one rail instead of both.
4. Are "network" yards, meaning they build trains for each respective railroad's entire system and not for an individual industry. All the following are used for the classification of loose carload freight.
56 grand total
--Union Pacific (13 total)
Bloomington, CA West Colton Yard
Roseville, CA Davis Yard (Dowty retarders)
Hermiston, OR Hinkle Yard
North Platte, NE Bailey Yard (double hump)
Ft. Worth, TX Davidson Yard
Houston, TX Englewood Yard
Kansas City, MO Neff Yard
Livonia, LA (Dowty retarders)
North Little Rock, AR
Pine Bluff, AR
Northlake, IL Proviso Yard
Laporte, TX Strang Yard (mini hump)
Beaumont, TX (mini hump)
--BNSF (9 total)
Pasco, WA
Barstow, CA
Lincoln, NE Hobson Yard
Kansas City, KS Argentine Yard
Tulsa, OK Cherokee Yard
Memphis, TN Tennessee Yard
Galesburg, IL
Fridley, MN Northtown Yard
Seattle, WA Balmer Yard (mini hump)
--CSX (12 total)
Waycross, GA Rice Yard
Atlanta, GA Tilford Yard
Hamlet, NC
Nashville, TN Radnor Yard
Fultondale, AL Boyles Yard
Louisville, KY Osborn Yard
Cumberland, MD
Cincinnati, OH Queensgate Yard
Willard, OH (double hump)
Walbridge, OH Stanley Yard
Avon, IN
Selkirk, NY
--Norfolk Southern (11 total)
Macon, GA Brosnan Yard
Chattanooga, TN Debutts Yard
Knoxville, TN Sevier Yard
Irondale, AL Norris Yard
Muscle Shoals, AL Sheffield Yard
Linwood, NC Spencer Yard
Elkhart, IN
Bellevue, OH Moorman Yard
Conway, PA
Allentown, PA
Enola, PA
--Canadian National (4 total)
Vaughn, ON MacMillan Yard (double hump)
Winnipeg, MB Symington Yard
Gary, IN Kirk Yard
Memphis, TN Harrison Yard (Dowty retarders)
--Canadian Pacific (1 total)
St. Paul, MN (a.k.a. Pigs Eye Yard)
--Indiana Harbor Belt (1 total)
Riverdale, IL Blue Island Yard
--Belt Railway of Chicago (1 total)
Bedford Park, IL Clearing Yard (double hump)
--Terminal Railroad Association (1 total)
Venice, IL Madison Yard
--Alton & Southern (1 total)
East St. Louis, IL Gateway Yard
(The A&S is wholly owned by Union Pacific)
--Conrail Shared Assets Operation (1 total)
Newark, NJ Oak Island Yard
--FTVM (1 total)
Tlalnepantla, MEX (a.k.a Valle de Mexico)
