Symington Yard is the largest rail classification yard of the

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, and one of the largest

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s in the world. The intermodal facility is located next to the Windsor Park area of

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. Built in 1962 to replace Transcona and Fort Rouge, and named for former CNR Director Herbert James Symington (1881–1965), it can store 7,000 cars and handles 3,000 cars per day.

Yard incidents

* December 15, 1983 — two sets of locomotives collide in the Yard killing a CP engineer * February 2, 1990 — eleven cars jackknifed and derailed at the bottom of the hump

References

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Yard incidents

See also

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