by OCtrainguy
I have a question concerning the area around South Philadelphia. In particular, South Philly Yard, that’s what is called now if I remember correctly (formerly Greenwich Yard) and the tracks along South Columbus Blvd. I have been down to that area twice within the last month, and since it’s been a while, I am definitely not up to speed on what may be going on.
The first thing that I noticed on Saturday was how empty the yard looked when traveling along South Columbus Blvd (coming from the stadiums). I know that the Q190 had probably already left by the time I got down there, which was about eleven o’clock in the morning, but there were no intermodal cars awaiting to be loaded or already loaded. I didn’t see any trucks waiting to enter the yard either. I know the Canadian Pacific train runs three times during the week too. Is that all of the intermodal traffic coming into/out of the yard?
The second thing I noticed is that the car lot on the left-hand side of the road was completely empty. In the past, I remember seeing some autoracks and lots of cars in there. Did that operation cease?
Last but not least, was that I did not see the Canadian Pacific yard engine anywhere. I have numerous photographs of Canadian Pacific GP38-2 7309, and even saw the D&H 7303 once, sitting on the tracks along the road. I didn’t even see any freights cars sitting on the tracks there, with the exception of three empty stack cars. I drove up further, to where the tracks run along the middle of the road, to see if it may have been switching their customers, but didn’t see any sign of it. (I also was in shock in the amount of retail build-up in that area now.) Is it possible that the engine is being kept in the yard, or was my timing off during my two recent trips?
Any information on this area would greatly be appreciated.
The first thing that I noticed on Saturday was how empty the yard looked when traveling along South Columbus Blvd (coming from the stadiums). I know that the Q190 had probably already left by the time I got down there, which was about eleven o’clock in the morning, but there were no intermodal cars awaiting to be loaded or already loaded. I didn’t see any trucks waiting to enter the yard either. I know the Canadian Pacific train runs three times during the week too. Is that all of the intermodal traffic coming into/out of the yard?
The second thing I noticed is that the car lot on the left-hand side of the road was completely empty. In the past, I remember seeing some autoracks and lots of cars in there. Did that operation cease?
Last but not least, was that I did not see the Canadian Pacific yard engine anywhere. I have numerous photographs of Canadian Pacific GP38-2 7309, and even saw the D&H 7303 once, sitting on the tracks along the road. I didn’t even see any freights cars sitting on the tracks there, with the exception of three empty stack cars. I drove up further, to where the tracks run along the middle of the road, to see if it may have been switching their customers, but didn’t see any sign of it. (I also was in shock in the amount of retail build-up in that area now.) Is it possible that the engine is being kept in the yard, or was my timing off during my two recent trips?
Any information on this area would greatly be appreciated.