History
The yard itself was built on over 200 acres (0.81 km2) of land and stretched for more than 5 miles (8.0 km) covering the distance from the Center Street Bridge to Lowellville, Ohio. The yard included a classification yard, office complex, diesel locomotive servicing facilities, and car repair facilities. The yard tower and yard office are housed in the same building. It is rather large and resembles an aircraft control tower. Running in front of the tower is the yard's hump that is used in the sorting freight cars. The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Historical Society website includes a list of yard structures including their blueprints. Items include:
- The Gateway Yard at work
- Cars being sorted over the Hump
- 1993 photo showing the rear of the tower
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