Luther Yard

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Luther Yard is a rail yard operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway in St. Louis, Missouri. It is located at 333 East Carrie Avenue, several miles north of downtown.[1]

The yard was built in 1890 by the Wabash Railroad, a precursor line to the Norfolk Southern, which used it as its central classification yard.[2] Built on 30.65 acres of land, the yard included a 15-stall roundhouse, coal chutes, a sand house, an oil house, scales. The railroad spent $71,400.48 on the yard in fiscal year 1890.[3]

As of 2013, 63 trains pass through the yard each week.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 NS Intermodal / Terminal List / St. Louis, MO.
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