I was there the day they closed buckeye. Talked to the Yardmaster in north tower on second shift. He was just looking out the open windows of the tower at the yard. Now it’s all gone except for nine track, a crew room, and a few dilapidated air compressor tanks.
Guess I'm the first. Anyhow, Buckeye Yard is virtually brand new here. Some trackage is still being completed. At 2:13, what product was legal to be loaded THAT far above the top of those gons? I'm sure anybody still around who worked at Buckeye in that era will likely really enjoy the look back! Thanks for uploading this one!
@Joe-d7m6k Yep, just strange that would be allowed. You'd see scrap in gons sometimes loaded abit high. But seems like this stuff would be flying all over the place!
We had a couple of family friends who worked at Buckeye. I went there and to a yard in my dad's hometown. Tours were very interesting. Turned locos on the wye and ran them through the servicing facilities.
I was there the day they closed buckeye. Talked to the Yardmaster in north tower on second shift. He was just looking out the open windows of the tower at the yard. Now it’s all gone except for nine track, a crew room, and a few dilapidated air compressor tanks.
One of the last yards built new for PC, and already closed and gone.
Guess I'm the first. Anyhow, Buckeye Yard is virtually brand new here. Some trackage is still being completed.
At 2:13, what product was legal to be loaded THAT far above the top of those gons?
I'm sure anybody still around who worked at Buckeye in that era will likely really enjoy the look back! Thanks for uploading this one!
Looks like hay, or straw??
@Joe-d7m6k Yep, just strange that would be allowed. You'd see scrap in gons sometimes loaded abit high. But seems like this stuff would be flying all over the place!
We had a couple of family friends who worked at Buckeye. I went there and to a yard in my dad's hometown. Tours were very interesting. Turned locos on the wye and ran them through the servicing facilities.