by BR&P
An old HEADLIGHT from the NYC Historical Society had several photos of Lyons NY in 1914. A couple questions:
1. One photo appears to show a yard south of the NYC main line, west of the west leg of the wye to the Fall Brook. I believe the photo to be mislabeled as it says it is the north end of the South Yard. Was there such a thing as the West Yard?
2. There is a nice photo of the south end of the South Yard, taken from the West Shore overpass. This was a large yard, looks like 20 to 25 tracks. Anyone know exactly how many? Does anyone have track charts showing the numbering used? Most tracks are grouped in twos, with a switch off the lead then an inside switch to split into the two tracks. But the track closest to the main does not fit that pattern, and I wondered if it was a runner or such.
3. There are a couple tracks which appear to be hoppers and gons, which would be coal traffic. But there are quite a few box cars visible so they must have had a significant amount of non-coal traffic as well.
4. There was a roundhouse there as well, near the NYC main. Was this only for Fall Brook trains working southward, or did main line trains originate at Lyons as well?
1. One photo appears to show a yard south of the NYC main line, west of the west leg of the wye to the Fall Brook. I believe the photo to be mislabeled as it says it is the north end of the South Yard. Was there such a thing as the West Yard?
2. There is a nice photo of the south end of the South Yard, taken from the West Shore overpass. This was a large yard, looks like 20 to 25 tracks. Anyone know exactly how many? Does anyone have track charts showing the numbering used? Most tracks are grouped in twos, with a switch off the lead then an inside switch to split into the two tracks. But the track closest to the main does not fit that pattern, and I wondered if it was a runner or such.
3. There are a couple tracks which appear to be hoppers and gons, which would be coal traffic. But there are quite a few box cars visible so they must have had a significant amount of non-coal traffic as well.
4. There was a roundhouse there as well, near the NYC main. Was this only for Fall Brook trains working southward, or did main line trains originate at Lyons as well?
