Symington Yard

Symington Yard is the largest of Canadian National Railway's rail classification yard in Canada, one of 20 intermodal facilities[1] and one the largest rail yards in the world.[2] The facility is located next to the Windsor Park area of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Built in 1962 and named for former CNR Director Herbert James Symington (1881-1965)[3], it can store 7000 cars[4] and handles 3000 cars per day.[5]

Yard incidents

  • December 15, 1983 - two sets of locomotives collide in yard killing CP engineer[6]
  • February 2, 1990 - eleven cars jackknifed and derailed at bottom of hump[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/st-boniface/
  2. ↑ http://now.winnipeg.ca/history/symington-yards
  3. ↑ http://now.winnipeg.ca/history/symington-yards
  4. ↑ http://now.winnipeg.ca/history/symington-yards
  5. ↑ https://www.gov.mb.ca/jec/invest/busfacts/transport/railyards.html
  6. ↑ http://tracksidetreasure.blogspot.ca/2012/08/symington-yard-incidents.html
  7. ↑ http://tracksidetreasure.blogspot.ca/2012/08/symington-yard-incidents.html

Coordinates: 49°51′49″N 97°04′28″W / 49.863611°N 97.074444°W / 49.863611; -97.074444

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