rail yard names

The N&W has Oakwood Yard, they serviced the tri-level loading dock, and I believe they still do.  Conrail has Mack Yard for the Jeep North Plant, Mound Yard for Chrysler Truck, Sterling Yard for the Sebring. North Yard has a loading dock that was very busy in the 70's, the Detroit Terminal had a loading dock up til the 80's.  Most of these yards also served freight cars to the auto plants in the manufacturing area..The DT&I also had a new car loading facility.  The CSX also had a loading facility out in Novi for Ford's big cars...

Marty

I believe PRR's yard was called Lincoln Yard.

Curt

Bernie:

I should have mentioned earlier that the Lincoln Yard was located in Lincoln Park, a suburb of Detroit.  Wabash also used it for traffic to/from the PRR.

Curt

Southern's "Pomona Yard" in Greensboro along with its 13 stall Roundhouse were named for the rural suburban community where they were located. In addition to servicing the rail equipment, also serviced were Pomona Cotton Mills, Western Carloading Company and, post WWII, Western Electric's Plant building the DEW Line System--all located close up against the Yard.

The Passenger Yard was downtown and had its own Switcher. Initially four railroads, all eventually owned or leased by Southern, converged on Greensboro. Both the Richmond & Danville and the Atlantic & Yadkin had their own Passenger and freight Depots and 0-4-0 slopeback switchers. 

I guess to be more clear , what I am looking for is accurate names and locations

for example , on some boxcars , they would be stenciled

         WHEN EMPTY RETURN TO

            DT&I OTTAWA YARD

          DURAND , MICH.

So if anyone out there in the Michigan area , and model the railroads from around Detroit , do you know any other examples such as the above.

          For  the C&O , NYC , GTW , Detroit Toledo Shoreline.

Thanks Bernie

Dewey, it's been a long time since I hearing the Western Carloading name.  I was there several times after they attempted to change to more over the road due to at that time inconsistant service.  The Western Carloading facilities in our area (Greensboro, Charlotte, Greenville, and Asheville) were fairly small facilities in today standards.  However, the facility in Los Angeles was massive.

There were several other freight forwarders in the south, Westranco and Arrow Lifschultz.  By chance, were they near Pomona Yard?

If you go to www.michiganrailroads.com you will find a list of the railroad yards in the greater Detroit area and the roads they serviced. There are also many pictures of the yards and control towers.

Archdalecurve

I don't recall hearing of either of the two companies you mentioned. However, for a time, we did have a "Pioneer Carloading Company" located in the same general area near the Pomona Yard.

What does the "Y R C" in YRC Freight stand for?

YRC is the combination of Yellow and Roadway.