I was wondering if the railroads still humped their cars to sort the trains. I have been wondering this for a while but never thought of asking the question.
Yes they do. Here are a few places out west:
West Colton,Ca.
Barstow,Ca.
Roseville,Ca.
Hinkle,Or.
Pasco,Wa.
Ogden,Ut.
North Platte,Nb.
Chicago area humps I’m aware of:
Bensenville
Proviso
Clearing
Kirk
Blue Island
Randy
NS has a hump yard in Linwood, NC and CSX has one in Waycross, GA. There are probably several more in the Deep South that I’ve missed.
Class I railroads would come to an operational stop without their Hump yards. Hump Yards are a critical element in rail freight transportation in the handling of car load freight.
Conway is a nice big yard!
stay safe
Joe
Kansas City still has hump yards, I believe two for Argentine yard and several for UP in the 18th St. yard and the yard off Gardner at Chouteau.
We also have one here for the BNSF in Galesburg, IL.
Belen, NM does not have a hump yard
Norfolk Southern’s Inman Yard in Hot’lanta has at least one hump…
Oh - and CSX has a hump at Cumberland, Maryland…
Calgary, Alberta , Canada
If we ever stop humping, would somebody please let me know so I can go home?
Carl
At least you weren’t forgotten. We’ll give you the word before we turn off the lights.
Jay
Isn’t there a hump yard at the BNSF Cicero Yard?
idiot question, what exactly is humping?
Humping is were the railroad sends a car over a hump some where in the yard so the car can be put with it’s next train and it also. Saves time because without humping it would take many men and other equipment to sort the cars espically in the really big cities like chiacgo and other big cities.
BNSF Cherokee Yard in Tulsa, OK.
Elkhart, Indiana on NS
queensgate, csx, cincinnati
osborn, csx, louisville
avon, csx, indy
willard, csx, ohio
stanley, csx, toledo
radnor, csx, nashville
boyles, csx, b-ham
tilford, csx, atlanta
hamlet, csx, hamlet nc