Dec 4, 2017 · Pitcairn Yard opened in 1892 and was for years a major switching yard of the PA Railroad. Since the ’90s, it has now become an intermodal freight transport yard for Norfolk …

Pitcairn Yard, which opened in 1892 and was for many decades a major switching yard of the Pennsylvania Railroad, later the Penn Central Railroad and Conrail, is now, since the 1990s, …

In 1880, Pitcairn ordered construction of a rail yard along Turtle Creek near Pittsburgh that would become the largest railyard in the world. He was instrumental in locating switching yards, an …

Jul 7, 2017 · Our Pitcairn Yard includes two double-ended arrival and departure tracks, five stub-ended classification tracks, a run around, a caboose track, a RIP (Repair In Place) track, two …

Sep 8, 2022 · Finished in 1892, the Pitcairn Railroad yard included classification and receiving yards, transfer and assembly tracks, two roundhouses, repair shops, machine shops, and its …

Finished in 1892, the Pitcairn Railroad yard included classification and receiving yards, transfer and assembly tracks, two roundhouses, repair shops, machine shops, and its own lumber yard …

The Borough of Pitcairn is named for Robert Pitcairn, a former superintend ent of the Pittsburgh division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1880, Pitcairn ordered construction of a rail yard …

In 1874, Robert Pitcairn, who was then divisional superintendent of Pittsburgh operations, began looking for more open space -- a place to re-locate the Pittsburgh yards. Pitcairn was eyeing …

Jul 22, 2011 · Further East the PRR had a sprawling yard complex know as Pitcairn Yard. The facility, originally built in the late 1880's, served as a classification facility for Westbound …

The prototype Pitcairn Yard was used as a general freight classification yard into the Penn Central era. An interesting feature of Pitcairn Yard for many decades is that it also served as an …