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In November, 1950, the L &
N Employees Magazine ran a feature on a three-year, $700,000
improvement at Decoursey Yards. |
New Office Building, looking north
The new oil house, opposite the roundhouse.
This view looks west.
Pump House for pumping oil from tank cars to engines
Southbound classification yard
( building on the right is part of the Car Shop )
New cinder conveyors replace old pits
New icing station was next to the Short Line departure yard
You're looking north; the stock pens - below - are at the north end.
New stock pens at extreme north end of yard.
(I'm told the corn fed to the stock drew rats by the hundreds!)
Shelter house and bus access, with a bridge across
the southbound main, just south of the billing office.
Likely the dedicated Green Line Bus for an employee shuttle
Construction of washroom for roundhouse
This "ant-eater" scooped spilled coal from hoppers, and reloaded it.
Roundhouse stalls are lengthened for new M-1's
DeCoursey, 1951
Simplified map of the 1950 Decoursey Yards
