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And one last thing to really muddy the waters. If you were called to an investigation"to determine your responsibility,etc........" or to testify at a civil lawsuit in court;tracks were referenced by their engineering/property/acctg dept #s. So a question might be, were you proceeding on track 51237896-347 ?
 
And the appropriate answer would be............ we were on main one.
 
Leo Phillipp 


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Subject: Fwd: [BRHSlist] Yard Track Numbering System Question
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Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 19:23:27 -0400 (EDT)
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 Nelson,
 
I will let the guys who know far more about Burlington,IA than me answer that part in particular.
 
The Qs general pattern was to list yard classification tracks starting from the main in numerical order. Yard one was closest to the main and increasing therefrom as you move farther out. Now keep in mind many places; Mendota,IL south  yard in particluar comes to mind,had few # tracks but everything had a name. Some examples at Mendota were the coach,the diner,the mill #1,2,3,etc. and many others. The North yard was very straight forward 1,2,3,etc. I actually kept marked up trk diagrams in my bright red Q ETT cover for Mendota and other points that were unique.
 
The above applies to classification tracks. If were talking about a repair,storage,frt house or other type of non classification yard tracks the system was just the reverse. The track closest to the building,outside,etc was one and then numbered upward from there and these were often increasing as they became closer to the main line ?!
 
Confused yet ? No,good because here comes the third case.
 
In a BIG yard like Cicero/Clyde for example, there were multiple yards,each with its own unique numbering system. In Cicero and other major yards you really needed to know which yard you were in because for example, receiving XYZ could be right next to 'D' yard ABC. 14th st had an A,B and C yard.
 
I understand the C&NW Proviso yard was even more confusing in it's numbering and naming system.
 
Finally smaller locations often didnt have any #s for side tracks,just lots of names. Rochelle would be a prime example. And the names never changed long after the orginal purpose was forgotten. For example we were still referring to the coal chutes x/o at Rochelle in 1979 !
 
Leo Phillipp
 
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I've learned that railroads had conventions as to how they numbered tracks,
spurs, and yards. How did the Burlington Route number yard tracks? I will
have a stub yard on either side of a double track main (actually is a
staging yard, but I can use either side as a classification yard as well).
I'd also like to know how the arrival, departure, and yard tracks in
Burlington, IA were named or numbered.

Nelson Moyer

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