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Discussion of the operations of CSX Transportation, from 1980 to the present. Official site can be found here: CSXT.COM.

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 #72126  by LIRR272
 
Hello to all,

I had taken Amtrak's Lake Shore Limit from NYC to Chicago and back. I noticed north of MN Croton-Harmon shops is a freight yard. I believe in the NYC era it was called Croton North. Does anyone know how to get there from NYC, how much freight activity come out of the yard?

Lamont Ward
 #72137  by Noel Weaver
 
The yard referred to at Croton is known as "Croton West Yard". It is
owned and operated by CSX. The last I knew, there were two locals
operated out of that yard, a day job to do the work on the Hudson and a
night job that works as directed on all three lines of Metro-North.
Noel Weaver