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The Sierra Lines- Old Town Yard |
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| The Old Town Yard is approximately 25 feet long, and is divided into two sets of classification tracks (west end and east end) by the Grand Central Station. Classification tracks on the west end contain 48 spots, and are for westbound trains, the Docks, and Sacramento Uptown. A caboose track, RIP track, and a small engine service area are also located here. When operating in the 4-interchange mode, the west end of the yard belongs to Western Pacific, and contains their interchange track. | |
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Overview of the Old Town yard from West End and a view of the town station. |
| The station is a Faller kit (B-113), modified slightly to look more American. Behind the station on the upper level a tourist train of 4 1890s cars departs daily behind a Virginia & Truckee 4-4-0 for a round trip to Incline Village. Passengers on SP Daylight trains headed east to Salt Lake City, Denver, or Chicago, or west to Oakland or San Francisco descend from the station to loading platforms below. Up to 4 Daylight passenger trains run daily (2 eastbound, 2 westbound). |
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The east end of the
Old Town yard contains additional engine service facilities and
classification tracks for Marysville, the Industrial Park, and eastbound
trains (44 spots). When operating in the 4-interchange mode, the east
end of the yard belongs to Southern Pacific, and contains their
interchange track. To the right of the yard in figure 130 is part of the Industrial Park area of Sacramento showing Laughrey’s Ice Cream and the Icing dock. Farther to the right, on the upper level, are 6 industries on J-Street. These are no longer used during most sessions, because they are not easily reached by shorter operators, and we have plenty of other work to do. |
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Grand Central Station |
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Grand Central from the yard. |
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Old Town Yard east end. |
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Hurry or you will miss your train! |