Luther Yard

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 2 NS Intermodal / Terminal List / St. Louis, MO.
  2. ↑ St. Louis Chamber of Commerce (1922). Report of engineers committee: St. Louis-East St. Louis railroad terminals. Von Hoffmann Press. pp. 113–115. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  3. ↑ Wabash Railroad (1890). Annual Report of the Directors of the Wabash Railroad Co., for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30th, 1890. Woodward & Tiernan Print. p. 20. Retrieved January 7, 2013.

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Coordinates: 38°41′38″N 90°13′08″W / 38.693817°N 90.218879°W / 38.693817; -90.218879

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