This article is a list of important rail yards in geographical order. These listed may be termed Classification, Freight, Marshalling, Shunting, or Switching yards, which are cultural terms generally meaning the same thing no matter which part of the world's railway traditions originated the term of art.
These are important marshalling yards for the formation of freight/goods trains, and/or with a large volume of traffic, and/or with a very extensive track systems; including classification yards, hump yards, freight handling yards, and intermodal (container) terminals.
Notes Names of the nearest cities etc. are presented in the common usage, and shown first followed by a colon, unless the specific yard name is known (which will be presented in the form native to their country. possibly transliterated) If known, the number of tracks are shown in brackets, with two numbers e.g. (xx + xx) for yards with 'up' and 'down' lines. Yards marked with a star (asterisk) may no longer be in use. The nearest city or town is given first: if the yard has a well known name that differs.
North America Canada From west to east
Nanaimo, British Columbia Wellcox Yard (SVI, Marshalling, Barge operation by Seaspan ULC) Vancouver, British Columbia Coquitlam Yard (CPKC, Intermodal and Marshalling) VIF Intermodal (CPKC, Intermodal) Williston Yard (CPKC, Intermodal, Grain) Thornton Yard (CN, Intermodal and Marshalling) North Vancouver Yard (CN, Marshalling) Lulu Island Yard (CN, Marshalling) Trapp Yard (SRY, Marshalling) New Yard (BNSF, Marshalling) Glen Yard (BNSF, Marshalling) Main Yard (BNSF, Marshalling) Vancouver Reliability Center (VIA, Coach Yard & Shop) Kamloops, British Columbia Kamloops CP Yard (CPKC, Marshalling) Kamloops CN Yard (CN, Intermodal and Marshalling) Golden, British Columbia Golden Yard (CPKC, Marshalling, Coal Staging Yard) Trail, British Columbia Tadanac Yard (CPKC, Marshalling) Cranbrook, British Columbia Cranbrook yard (CPKC, Marshalling) Edmonton, Alberta Bissell Yard (CN, Marshalling) Cloverbar Yard (CN, Marshalling) Dunvegan Yard (CN, Railcar Storage) Scotford Yard (CN, Marshalling) Scotford Yard (CPKC, Marshalling) Sturgeon Terminal (Cando Rail & Terminals, Storage & FMLM services) Lambton Park Yard (CPKC, Marshalling) D.L. MacDonald Yard (ETS) McBain Yard (CN, Intermodal) Strathcona Yard (CPKC, Intermodal and Marshalling) Walker Yard (CN, Marshalling) Calgary, Alberta Alyth Yard (CPKC, Marshalling) Ogden Park (CPKC headquarters campus,) Shepard Yard (CPKC, Intermodal) Manchester Yard (CPKC, Marshalling, Storage) Keith Yard (CPKC, Marshalling, Storage) Sarcee Yard (CN, Intermodal and Marshalling) Calgary Logistics Park (CN, Marshalling, Intermodal, industry servicing) Anderson Garage (Calgary Transit) Oliver Bowen Maintenance Centre (Calgary Transit) Lethbridge, Alberta Kipp Yard (CPKC, Marshalling) Churchill Industrial Yard (CPKC, Marshalling) Medicine Hat, Alberta Medicine Hat Yard (CPKC, Marshalling) Dunmore Yard (CPKC, Marshalling) Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Moose Jaw Yard (CPKC, Marshalling) Regina, Saskatchewan Regina Yard (CPKC, Intermodal and Marshalling) Warell Yard (CN, Marshalling) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Chappell Yard (CN, Intermodal and Marshalling) Sutherland Yard (CPKC, Intermodal and Marshalling) Melville, Saskatchewan Melville Yard (CN, Marshalling) Winnipeg, Manitoba Burlington Northern Santa Fe Manitoba Yard (BNSF Manitoba) East Yard (CN, now the Forks)* Fort Rouge Yard (CN) Via Rail Winnipeg Maintenance Centre (Via Rail) Greater Winnipeg Water District St. Boniface Yard (GWWDR) North Transcona Yard (CPKC) Central Manitoba Railway Yard (CEMR) St. Boniface Yard (CPKC) Symington Yard (CN, Intermodal and Hump Yard) Transcona Yard (CN) Winnipeg Yard (CPKC, Intermodal and Hump Yard) Weston Shops Thunder Bay, Ontario Thunder Bay Yard (CPKC, Intermodal, Marshalling and Grain Staging) Neebing Yard (CN, Marshalling) Sudbury, Ontario Sudbury Yard (CPKC, Marshalling) Capreol Yard (CN, Marshalling) Cambridge, Ontario Hagey Yard (CPKC) Toronto, Ontario Toronto Yard sometimes referred to as Agincourt Yard (CPKC, Marshalling, Former Hump Yard, Automotive compound) Don Yard (GO Transit layover facility, ex-CN Don Sorting Yard) North Bathurst Yard (GO Transit layover facility) Vaughan Intermodal Terminal (CPKC, Intermodal) MacMillan Yard (CN, Hump Yard) Brampton Intermodal Terminal (CN, Intermodal) Lambton/West Toronto Yards (CPKC, Marshalling) CPR Parkdale Yard (ex-CVR 1871–1883/ex-CPR 1883-1890s, marshalling and repair yards, closed and removed mid 1980s) Willowbrook Rail Maintenance Facility (GO Transit facility, ex-CN Mimico Yard, current Willowbrook Yard) Whitby Rail Maintenance Facility (GO Transit facility) Via Toronto Maintenance Centre (Via Rail Passenger Yard, former CN Mimico Yard) Oakville Yard (CN, Marshalling) Aldershot Yard (CN, Marshalling) Hamilton, Ontario CPR Aberdeen Yard (CPKC, Marshalling) Stuart St. Yard (CN/SOR, Marshalling) Parkdale Yard (CN/SOR, Marshalling) London, Ontario Quebec St. Yard (CPKC, Marshalling) London Yard (CN, Marshalling) Sarnia, Ontario Sarnia Yard (CN, Marshalling) Englehart, Ontario (ONR, Marshalling) Ottawa, Ontario Walkley Yard (CN, Marshalling) Montreal, Quebec Taschereau Yard (CN, Intermodal and Marshalling – former hump) St-Luc Yard (CPKC, Marshalling, –former hump) Lachine IMS Yard (CPKC, Intermodal) Hochelaga Yard (CPKC, Intermodal – abandoned) Turcot (CN, Intermodal – Abandoned) Outremont Yard (CPKC, Marshalling – abandoned) Longue-Pointe Yard (CN, Marshalling – abandoned Glenn yard ( CPKC, Marshalling – abandoned) Carrière yard, (CN, Marshalling) Pointe St-Charles Yard (CN Marshalling) Montreal-East Yard (CN, Marshalling) Rivière-des-Prairies (CN, Marshalling) Montréal Maintenance Centre (Via Rail, Passenger and maintenance) Farnham, Quebec (CPKC, Marshalling) Longueuil, Québec Southwark Yard (CN, Marshalling) Trois-Rivières, Quebec (CFQG, Marshalling) Saint-Georges de Champlain, Quebec Garneau Yard (CN, Marshalling) Quebec City, Quebec Joffre Yard (CN, Marshalling) Sainte-Foy (CN, Storage) Henri-IV Yard (CFQG, Marshalling) Limoilou (CN/CFC, Marshalling) Mont-Joli, Quebec (CN, Marshalling) Saguenay, Québec (CN/RS, Marshalling) La Tuque, Quebec Fitzpatrick Yard (CN, Marshalling) Richmond, Quebec (CN/SLQ, Marshalling) Moncton, New Brunswick Gordon Yard (CN, Marshalling) Saint John, New Brunswick Island Yard (CN/NBSR, Marshalling/Intermodal) Dever Rd. Yard (NBSR, Marshalling) Halifax, Nova Scotia Rockingham Yard (CN, Marshalling) Truro, Nova Scotia (CN/CBNS, Marshalling) Stellarton, Nova Scotia (CBNS, Marshalling)
United States
By state in alphabetical order:
Alabama Birmingham: Boyles Yard (CSXT) East Thomas Yard (BNSF Railway) Decatur: Oakworth Yard (CSXT) Fairfield: Ensley Yard (Birmingham Southern Railroad) Irondale: Norris Yard (Norfolk Southern Railway):) Mobile: Sibert Yard (CSXT) Muscle Shoals: Sheffield Yard [NS]
Arkansas North Little Rock: North Little Rock Yard (Union Pacific Railroad) Pine Bluff: Pine Bluff Yard (Union Pacific Railroad) Marion: Marion Intermodal Terminal (Union Pacific Railroad) Van Buren: Van Buren Yard (Union Pacific Railroad)
Arizona Glendale: Phoenix Intermodal Facility (BNSF) Parker: Arizona & California Parker Yard (ARZC) Phoenix: Phoenix Yard (UP) Phoenix Yard (BNSF) Tucson: Tucson Yard (UP) Port of Tucson (UP) Winslow: Winslow Yard (BNSF)
California Bakersfield: Bakersfield Yard (BNSF) Bakersfield Yard (UP) Barstow: Barstow Yard (BNSF) Camp Pendleton South: Stuart Mesa Yard (NCTD) City of Industry: Industry Yard (UP) Colton: West Colton Yard (UP) Commerce: East LA Intermodal Facility (UP) Hobart Yard (BNSF) The Weeds (UP) Corona: Corona Yard (BNSF) Empire: Modesto-Empire Yard (M&ET) Fresno: Calwa Yard (BNSF) Fresno Yard (UP) Fontana: Kaiser Yard (BNSF) Kaiser Yard (UP) Guadalupe: Guadalupe Yard (UP) La Mirada: La Mirada Yard (BNSF) Lathrop: Lathrop Yard (UP) Long Beach: ICTF (UP) Mead Yard (UP) Watson Yard (BNSF) Los Angeles: LATC (UP) Aurant Yard (UP) 8th St. Yard (Amtrak) Central Maintenance Facility (SCAX) 4th Street Yard (UP) J Yard (UP) Los Nietos: Los Nietos Yard (UP) Milpitas: Milpitas Yard Mira Loma: Mira Loma Manifest Yard (UP) Mira Loma Auto Facility (UP) Montclair: Montclair Yard (UP) Needles: Needles Yard (BNSF) Oakland: Desert Yard (UP) East Oakland Yard (UP) West Oakland Yard (UP) Oakland International Gateway (BNSF) Oakland Maintenance Facility (Amtrak) Oxnard: Oxnard Yard (UP) Pittsburg: Pittsburg Yard (BNSF) Pittsburg Yard (UP) Richmond: Richmond Yard (BNSF) Roseville: J.R. Davis Yard (largest on the west coast) (UP) San Bernardino: San Bernardino Yard (BNSF) San Diego: San Diego Yard (BNSF) San Jose: Caltrain Centralized Equipment Maintenance & Operations Facility (JPBX) Riverbank: Riverbank Yard (BNSF) Stockton: Stockton Intermodal Facility - Mariposa Yard (BNSF) Mormon Yard (BNSF) Stockton Yard (UP) Altamont Corridor Express Yard (ACE) Port of Stockton (CCT) Van Nuys: Gemco Yard (UP) Vernon: Malabar Yard (BNSF) River Yard (LAJ) Watsonville: Watsonville Yard (UP) Yermo: Yermo Yard (UP)
Colorado Denver: 36th Street Yard (UP) Globeville Yard (BNSF) North Yard (former DRGW, UP) Rennix Yard (BNSF, Intermodal) Pueblo: Pueblo Yard (BNSF, UP)
Connecticut New Haven: Cedar Hill Yard (CSXT/Providence and Worcester/Connecticut Southern/Amtrak) Hartford: Hartford Yard (Connecticut Southern/Pan Am Railways)
Delaware Wilmington: Edgemoor Yard (NS) Wilmington: Wilsmere Yard (CSXT)
District of Columbia Washington: Ivy City Yard (Amtrak) Washington: Benning Yard (CSXT)
Florida Baldwin: Baldwin Yard (CSXT) Bradenton: Tropicana Yard (CSXT) Fort Pierce: Fort Pierce Yard (Florida East Coast) Jacksonville: Bowden Yard (FEC) Duval Yard (CSXT) Moncrief Yard (CSX, EX SBD) Simpson Yard (NS) Lakeland: Winston Yard (CSXT) Mulberry: Mulberry Yard (CSXT) New Wales Yard (CSXT) New Smyrna Beach: New Smyrna Beach Yard (Florida East Coast) Miami: Hialeah Yard (Florida East Coast) Hialeah Yard (CSXT/Tri-Rail/Amtrak) Orlando: Taft Yard (CSXT) Tampa: Rockport Yard (CSXT) Uceta Yard (CSXT) Yeoman Yard (CSXT) Hookers Point Yard (CSXT) Tallahassee: Tallahassee Yard (FGA) Winter Haven: Central Florida Intermodal Logistics Center (CSXT) Wildwood: Wildwood Yard (CSXT) Winston: Winston Terminal (CSXT)
Georgia Albany: Atlantic Coast Line Yard (GFRR) Albany Central of Georgia Yard (NS) Atlanta: Tilford Yard (CSXT) Hulsey Yard (CSXT) Inman Yard (NS) North Avenue Yards (former) Howell Interlocking (CSXT) Austell: John W. Whitaker Intermodal Terminal (Norfolk Southern Railway) Fairburn: Fairburn Yard (CSXT) Macon: Brosnan Yard (NS) Rome: Forestville Yard (NS) Savannah: Dillard Yard (NS) Southover Yard (CSXT) Savannah Intermodal Yard (CSXT) Valdosta: Langdale Yard (NS) Waycross: Waycross Rice Yard (CSXT)
Idaho Bonner's Ferry: Bonner's Ferry Yard (UP) Eastport: Eastport Yard (UP/CPKC) Hauser: Hauser Yard (BNSF/MRL) Idaho Falls: Idaho Falls Yard (UP/EIRR) Minidoka: Minidoka Yard (UP/EIRR) Nampa: Nampa Yard (UP/BVRR) Plummer: Plummer Yard (STMA/UP) Pocatello: Pocatello Yard (UP) Sandpoint: Boyer Yard (BNSF/UP/POVA) St Marie's: St Maries Yard (STMA) Twin Falls: Twin Falls Yard (former UP interchange yard), Now Eastern Idaho Railroad headquarters (Watco)
Illinois Centralia: Centralia Terminal (CN) Centralia Yard (BNSF) Champaign: Champaign Yard (CN) Chicago area 14th Street Coach Yards (Metra, Amtrak) 47th Street Yard (NS, intermodal) 59th Street Yard (CSXT, intermodal, switched by Chicago Rail Link) Ashland Avenue Yard (NS, carload freight) Aurora (Metra commuter coach yard for BNSF route) Barr Yard (CSXT) Bedford Park Yard (CSXT, intermodal, switched by Chicago Rail Link) Bensenville Yard (CPKC)