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Toronto yard, Canadian national railways
Fully automated hump yard capable of handling 5000 cars/day; construction work involved laying 100 mi of track and building 53 bridges and level crossings; electronic devices used include analog computer, and teletype machines; "talkback" speakers, private-line telephone, and seven radio systems; there are 20 reception tracks, 121 sorting tracks, and two yards, one with six and one with seven tracks, for departures; access line is 37 mi long.
Toronto yard, Canadian national railways
Fully automated hump yard capable of handling 5000 cars/day; construction work involved laying 100 mi of track and building 53 bridges and level crossings; electronic devices used include analog computer, and teletype machines; "talkback" speakers, private-line telephone, and seven radio systems; there are 20 reception tracks, 121 sorting tracks, and two yards, one with six and one with seven tracks, for departures; access line is 37 mi long.
Toronto yard, Canadian national railways
Ry Gaz
Railway Gazette ; 121
1965
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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