TRAINS EVERYWHERE! Massive rail yard with HUMP YARD explained by railroaders.

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Info by real railroaders! Support: https://www.paypal.me/djstrains Videos mentioned: SHIRE OAKS: https://youtu.be/ZZ4AUHa1zfA N SCALE LAYOUT ON DOOR: https://youtu.be/knPUtXoO-38 FROM RICH S. Beside #2 main is 908 track and beside 908 track is 100 yard which leads to 5 hump. At timestamp 2:20 off in the distance beside #1 main track you can see 600 yard, it's used as a departure yard. At timestamp 2:40 is the standard Mother and two slugs (all 6 axle units) with the center slug containing the Canac Remote control equipment. The center slugs were former 6 axle ALCO's that now ride on EMD 6 axle trucks. The hump sets and 5 yard pullers are all operated by RCO. At timestamp 9:16 starting at PA Route 65 and working toward the river, you have #2 main track, 900 yard tracks (first 5, more 900 yard track off 908) 20 track crosses the road and connects with 14, Beside 14 track is 908 with splits off to #2 & #3 tracks which go to the inbound Pits at East Park At timestamp 9:22 20 track connects to the West end of 100 yard which leads up to 5 hump. At timestamp 10:00 we see another mother slug slug hump set setting at the #8 / #17 fuel pad used for relay power. At timestamp 10:06 looks like a jitney just dropped off a crew at East Park you can see them walking between #2 and #3 Pit, their outbound power might have been worked up on #3 PIt and it looks like a conductor might have just gotten off the power on #2 Pit? At timestamp 10:32 the single unit is sitting on 1 Stub used to store locomotives that are not currently assigned a train. The building in the upper left is the ERF used for light repairs or 3 Month Routine FRA inspections and maintenance. The over heard piping is for both the sanding system in the foreground and diesel fuel seen in the background. At timestamp the closet structure is "The Y" aka Conway Control with the Train master and 5 hump control on the very top of the structure. Beyond 5 hump is the Locomotive Engine House and beyond the engine house is the spur tracks around the turntable. The smaller building beside the engine house is the wheel true building. The Building at the crest of 5 hump is unused but at one time was used to read the car numbers as they passed over the hump. At timestamp 11:41 the tall brick building at the left was the switch and retarder operator tower for 5 hump. This building is now empty as the hump is computer controlled with backup control in the Conway Control Tower. The big building to the right of the tank cars is the Engine House back shop, that houses the large over head cranes used for removing main alternator and the drop table for removing traction motors. The tank cars have just passed through the primary or master retarders and are now entering the secondary retarders in the 5 hump bowl tracks. At timestamp 13:09 is another look at the engine house on the left, the turn table and spur tracks and the back shop at the top of the frame. At timestamp 13:46 the two SD40-2's are sitting out side and beside the wheel true building. FROM KILLBUCK SOUTHERN RR 12:12 the tracks at the bottom of the hump below the retarders are known as the bowl yard or 5yard and is the class yard where most outbound trains for conway will be built before being set into one of the departure yards by a 5 yard crew using slugs sets with two remote operators and shove lights which are small dwarf signals that flash at different speed to indicate how much room is left on the end of the track Time stamp 0:23 ish to the far left is river rail which is used by mow to dump ballast for the yard. Mainline relay trains occasionally set off shop cars there too. 9:03 is (old four yard) were the caboose and locomotive line are was previously a bowl yard when conway was still a dual hump yard and is now used for mow and car storage the very end of the yard has just been scrapped for a future crew office replacement or so we've been hearing to add onto Rich's comment on 600 yard it's used for any unit trains that doesn't need humped but may need inspection or b/o cars dug out before continuing on also sometimes trains will have power swapped in 600 yard as no foreign power (minus cab signals equipped csx power) can lead east of conway due to cab signals between 600 yard and the top of old 4 hump is a large car shop which has its own crew to switch out good cars and refresh them with shops on night shift plus a trackmobile for shop forces to use. The train they are about to tie onto is in 1 yard an arrival yard where the cars will be bleed of air by the car dept before being humped across the middle road is 4 yard same as 1 yard. 9:38 900 yard is used for departure of both east and west trains that have been built out of the bowl yard all cars are inspected and worked by the car dept using ground air to supply air to the trains. A crew will grab power from east park or the cab tracks and take their train out if 9 yard or one of the other departure yards in conway! SEE MATTHEWS TOP COMMENT