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More Google Earth.

Here's Argentine Yard seen from above. Yeah, it's massive.

On the left side is the west throat. 55th Street runs over this, and is where I took these three shots .

Just off to the right of the center is the I-635 viaduct. As much as I'd like to walk down that and get shots of the bowl from above, it's a suicide stunt at best. Just to the right of that is the 42nd street viaduct that actually features the entrance and exit ramps to the yard. This is where I took five of these shots . The east throat is about a mile off of the shot, as well as the locomotive and car repair facilities.

In the center is the bowl (duh), which I believe is 48 tracks wide. The hump is the white building just beyond the retarders; to the north and west of the bowl are the receiving tracks for most of the intermodal double stacks that come through: look for the orange and red colored cars. Above and below the bowl are staging for all other freight trains arriving at the yard; the trim tracks and outbound staging tracks are to the lower right. The fuel docks and sand racks are on the very south edge of the yard, just under and east of the I-635 viaduct.

Description
More Google Earth.

Here's Argentine Yard seen from above. Yeah, it's massive.

On the left side is the west throat. 55th Street runs over this, and is where I took these three shots .

Just off to the right of the center is the I-635 viaduct. As much as I'd like to walk down that and get shots of the bowl from above, it's a suicide stunt at best. Just to the right of that is the 42nd street viaduct that actually features the entrance and exit ramps to the yard. This is where I took five of these shots . The east throat is about a mile off of the shot, as well as the locomotive and car repair facilities.

In the center is the bowl (duh), which I believe is 48 tracks wide. The hump is the white building just beyond the retarders; to the north and west of the bowl are the receiving tracks for most of the intermodal double stacks that come through: look for the orange and red colored cars. Above and below the bowl are staging for all other freight trains arriving at the yard; the trim tracks and outbound staging tracks are to the lower right. The fuel docks and sand racks are on the very south edge of the yard, just under and east of the I-635 viaduct.