I took this photo looking south on the curved track were engines were staged by w 51st Street.The Grand Trunk Western Railroad closed the Elsdon Yard and engine terminal in October of 1983. However...for approximately 3 years afterwards, This curved track by the little yard office building on the north side of w 51st Street was used to stage locomotives between runs. Sometimes the railroad would call for a tractor / trailer tank truck to come to this location and refuel the locomotives on site. Although the yard itself was closed and the depot demolished, there was still a little bit of life left at the old place. In the background can be seen a southbound piggyback train leaving the former Elsdon Yard.
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