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Linden Yard is a 19 track
railroad freight yard along the
Staten Island Railway in
Linden, New Jersey,
United States. It lies west of the
Chemical Coast Line in
Elizabeth and east of the combined
Northeast Corridor and
North Jersey Coast Lines in Linden, with the SIR line's
grade separated
flyover of the NE Corridor being just north of the
Linden station. It is also situated between
U.S. Route 1/9 and
Interstate 95.
"SIRT-Staten Island Rapid Transit". Retrieved 2009-03-27.
"Staten Island Rapid Transit Track Profile (circa 1960) Cranford Junction, NJ to Arthur Kill, NY". Retrieved 2009-03-27.
SIR freight traffic from
Howland Hook Marine Terminal and the Staten Island Transfer Station at the site of the former
Fresh Kills Landfill on
Staten Island may pass through Linden Yard. Chemical traffic from the synecdochically named Coast line may also use Linden Yard before heading west to either the
Raritan Valley Line or the
Conrail Lehigh Line.
See also
External links
67.86.73.252 (
talk)
12:42, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
By the way there is also a "Linden Yard & Shops" for the Chicago L at Linden Avenue and 4th Street, Village of Wilmette [1], as well as a real estate company in Memphis Tennessee.
There appears to be more than one Linden Yard rail facility in the world. Would anyone object to renaming this article Linden Yard (New Jersey)? 67.86.73.252 ( talk) 00:16, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
This past weekend I visited both yards (unfortunately without a camera, hence no photos) and I noted that in the SIR yard were parked many off white colored covered hopper cars belonging to GATX. In the yard along the NE Corridor were black tank cars (presumably TTX Company though I did not get a good look). I note that US Development Group operates a Linden Terminal ethanol truck to rail to barge facility at Tremley Point on the Arthur Kill that deals mostly with tank car loads. [3] Operators along the Chemical Coast line include both CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern Railway. There are several wikipedia articles that mention that the Morristown and Erie Railway has a special contract with either Union County, New Jersey or the state of New Jersey to develop freight lines in the county, including the SIR line. However, note that the youtube video link on the Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge page clearly shows a CSX locomotive hauling a train over the bridge. I think it would be helpful to this article to gather referenced sources that mention which companies service each yard. 67.86.73.252 ( talk) 12:37, 2 April 2009 (UTC)