02-21-2017, 02:47 PM
(02-19-2017, 11:18 AM)KevinL Wrote: Just had a look at that - it is huge, but a big patch in the middle of it is empty! Curious.
https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.8041942,-...a=!3m1!1e3
This looks like a decommissioned hump classification yard to me. Incoming trains would be pushed through the throat of yard (likely the lower/SW corner) and cars would roll downhill singly or in pairs on their own to their next train. It was probably taken out of service when CP rationalized some of their network and/or changed their car movement patterns.