New 2000 car flat switching facility on Atlantic Coast Line near Lakeland, Fla, named Winston yard, was built especially for handling cars of phosphate from adjacent Bone Valley district; yard covers 538 acres in ladder track layout, includes six 150 car receiving and departure tracks, twenty 50-car classification tracks, three 50 car cleaning tracks and one 25 car repair track.


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    Title :

    Yard for just one commodity


    Additional title:

    Ry Age


    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 138 , n 25


    Publication date :

    1955


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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