Unreferenced date December 2009 The squareyard is an Imperial unit imperial U.S. customary unit US customary non metric system metric unit of area , formerly used in most of the English language English speaking world but now generally replaced by the square metre outside of the U.S., Canada and the U.K. It is defined as the area of a square geometry square with sides of one yard three Foot length feet , thirty six inch es, 0.9144 metre s in length . Gaj in Hindi Symbols There is no universally agreed symbol but the following are used square yards, squareyard, square yds, square yd sq yards, sq yard, sq yds, sq yd, sq.yd. yards 2, yard 2, yds 2, yd 2 yards 2, yard 2, yds 2, yd 2 yards , yard , yds , yd Conversions One squareyard is equivalent to 1,296 square inch es Nine square foot square feet 0.00020661157 acre s 0.000000322830579 square mile s 836 127.36 square millimetres 8 361.2736 square centimetre s 0.83612736 square metre s 0.00000083612736 See also 1 E 1 m for a comparison with other areas Cubic yard Orders of magnitude area Conversion of units Area geometry Square algebra , Square root DEFAULTSORT SquareYard Category Units of area Category Imperial units Category Customary units in the United States ast Yarda cuadrada ca Iarda quadrada de Squareyard es Yarda cuadrada fa mk pt Jarda quadrada ru simple Squareyard zh ... more details
units of area and volume the squareyard and cubic yard respectively. These are sometimes ...Other uses class infobox cellpadding 2 style border 1px solid darkgray 1 yard colspan 2 US customary ... Observatory, Greenwich , London 1 yard 3 feet , 2 feet, 1 foot, 6 inches frac 2 foot , and 3 inches ... 112 3 ref A yard abbreviation yd is a Units of measurement unit of length in several different systems ..., South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States, the yard known as the international yard in the United States was legally defined to be exactly 0.9144 metre s. ref name Astin A. V. Astin ... for the yard and the pound , Washington DC National Bureau of Standards , republished on National ... ref Prior to that date, the legal definition of the yard when expressed in terms of metric units ... cloth, the early yard was divided by the binary method into two, four, eight and sixteen parts. ref ... divisions were the fourth and sixteenth parts. The quarter of a yard was known as the quarter without further qualification, while the sixteenth of a yard was called a Nail unit nail . ref name Arnold1850 ... XE4DAAAAQAAJ&pg PA54 accessdate 26 January 2012 year 1850 page 54 ref The eighth of a yard was sometimes ... as an eighth of a yard, while the half yard was called half a yard. ref name Instructions for cutting ... Other units related to the yard, but not specific to cloth measurement two yards are a fathom , a quarter of a yard when not referring to cloth is a span unit span . ref name Steen1846 cite book author ... books?id wDAEAAAAQAAJ&pg PA9 accessdate 27 January 2012 year 1846 page 9 ref Etymology The yard ... name OED citation contribution yard sup 2 sup title Oxford English Dictionary A New Dictionary of English ... 16 17 . ref ref http www.oed.com view Entry 231201?rskey CJtNbm&result 2&isAdvanced false yard, n.2 ... ref The word yard is a homonym of Yard land yard in the sense of an enclosed area of land, a word related to the verb to gird , This second meaning of yard has a completely different etymology ... more details
No footnotes date July 2011 News release date July 2011 Infobox television show name The Yard image caption format Mockumentary camera picture format runtime creator David Eddie br Michael Mabbott developer executive producer starring See Cast narrated country Canada network HBO Canada first aired Start date 2011 7 8 last aired Aug 5. 2011 num seasons 1 num episodes 6 list episodes website The Yard is a six part half hour miniseries that originally aired on HBO Canada . Cast The Good Guys Nick played by Quintin Colantoni , the eleven year old Capo of The Yard, quintessentially cool and a hard nosed realist, he is also an astute reader of human nature. He is wise beyond his years, and is loyal ... kid in the yard. She is a bed wetter and is given a dollar for every night she doesn ... big brother Drago ran the yard last year, before leaving for middle school. Believes Nick has stolen ... peace in the Yard. Alistair played by Cameron Mazzei , Nerdy but flashily dressed, Alistair is the best Ju Ji Mon a trading card game player in the Yard. He is Peanut allergy allergic to Peanuts ... by Siam Yu , The Yard s Asian Minister of Information. Ashok played by Ajay Gautam, The Yard s doctor ... A new trading card game hits the yard and a financial crisis starts. ref http www.torontolife.com daily hype prime time 2011 07 12 the yard episode 1 recap ref Girls vs. Boys Johnny is kicked ... more trouble and chaos in The Yard. Big Business The Free Market Stinks Stink bomb s are big business in the Yard and Frankie and his crew are at the top. But Mary Miladic starts to complain, Nick ... The Yard The Yard like kiddie Sopranos . ref http www.torontosun.com 2011 06 28 the yard like kiddie sopranos Toronto Sun review of The Yard ref The Grid called it The Wire Babies . ref http www.thegridto.com ... theyard index.php The Yard Official site IMDb title 1721669 http www.whizbangfilms.com the yard Whiz Bang Films.com The Yard HBONetwork Series DEFAULTSORT Yard, The Category 2010s Canadian television ... more details
Wiktionary yardYard A yard is an imperial US customary non metric unit of length 3 feet . Yard may also refer to Squareyard , an imperial US customary non metric unit of area 9 square feet Cubic yard , an imperial US customary non metric unit of volume 27 cubic feet Pseudoscientific metrology The megalithic system Megalithic yard , a theoretical unit of prehistoric measurement Yard glass , an extremely long beer glass Yard land , an enclosed area, usually attached to a building Yard sailing , a spar on a traditional sailing ship YARD software , a documentation generator for the Ruby programming language Yards Brewing Company , a brewery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Rail yard , complex of railroad tracks for storing, sorting, or loading unloading, railroad cars and or locomotives Brickyard a place where bricks are made or stored Prison yard a walled or fenced, often open air space in a jail or prison Yard, used in United Kingdom British , South Africa n, Forex and money market s as slang for a thousand million units long and short scales short scale billion, formerly Long and short scales Notes on current usage milliard Scotland Yard or The Yard , headquarters for London s Metropolitan Police Service Yardbird American slang term Yardie Jamaican slang term Skin Yard , an American grunge band from Seattle, Washington People Douglas Yard , appointed a judge of the Family Division of the Court of Queen s Bench of Manitoba on October 7, 1998 Molly Yard 1912&ndash 2005 , an American feminist of the late 20th century Robert Sterling Yard 1861&ndash 1945 , an American writer, journalist, and wilderness activist disambiguation de Yard Begriffskl rung eo Jardo ko ja pl Jard ujednoznacznienie simple Yard th tr Yard ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 A cubic yard is an Imperial unit Imperial U.S. customary unit U.S. customary non SI non Metric system metric unit of volume , used in the United States , Canada, and the UK. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of 1 yard 3 Foot length feet , 36 inch es, 0.9144 metre s in length . Symbols There is no universally agreed symbol but the following are used cubic yards, cubic yard, cubic yds, cubic yd cu yards, cu yard, cu yds, cu yd, CYs yards 3, yard 3, yds 3, yd 3 yards 3, yard 3, yds 3, yd 3 yards , yard , yds , yd Conversions 1 cubic yard is equivalent to 46 656 cubic inch es 27 cubic foot cubic feet 0.000000000183 cubic mile s 21.6962157 U.S. bushel s 201.974 U.S. liquid gallon s 4.80890476 crude barrel s 0.764554857984 cubic metre s 764.554858 litre s 764 554 858 cubic millimetre s 764 554.858 cubic centimetre s 0.000000000765 cubic kilometre s See also 1 E 1 m for a comparison with other volumes Squareyard Orders of magnitude volume Conversion of units Cube arithmetic , cube root Cubic equation , cubic function DEFAULTSORT Cubic Yard Category Units of volume Category Imperial units Category Customary units in the United States de Cubic yard es Yarda c bica fa it Iarda cubica ja pt Jarda c bica ... more details
Other uses Refimprove date January 2011 File New Scotland Yard sign 3.jpg thumb 210px New Scotland Yard, London Scotland Yard is a metonym for the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service of the British ... at 4 Whitehall Place, which had a rear entrance on a street called Great Scotland Yard . ref name ... ref The Scotland Yard entrance became the public entrance to the police station. Over time, the street ... Street gave its name to the New York financial world, Scotland Yard did the same for police activity in London. ref name Farnsworth Farnsworth, Clyde H. Move is planned by Scotland Yard, The New York Times, May 15, 1964. ref The Metropolitan Police moved away from Scotland Yard in 1890, and the name New Scotland Yard was adopted for the new headquarters. History The Metropolitan Police Commonly ... within Greater London , excluding the square mile of the City of London , which is covered ... Yard street Great Scotland Yard . File New Scotland Yard Victorian building Big Ben 1890.jpg thumb 220px The original New Scotland Yard, now called the Norman Shaw Buildings By 1887, The Met headquarters ... and 22 Whitehall Place 8 and 9 Great Scotland Yard, and several stables. ref name definition1 Eventually .... In 1890, police headquarters moved to the new location, which was named New Scotland Yard . By this time ... of the force required even more administrators, and in 1907 and 1940, New Scotland Yard was extended ... Yard . Stables for some of the Metropolitan Police Mounted Branch are still located at 7 Great Scotland Yard, across the street from the first headquarters. By the 1960s the requirements of modern ... Embankment headquarters. In 1967 New Scotland Yard moved to the present building at 10 Broadway, still ... term lease the first New Scotland Yard is now called the Norman Shaw North building, part of which ... Service Structure senior management team , who oversee the service, is based at New Scotland Yard, along ... at the three Central Communications Command Metcall complexes, rather than at Scotland Yard. A number ... more details
topsail yard. Click on the image to read the labels. File Square rigged ship yards.JPG thumb right 200px .... The yard exists to allow square sails to be set to drive the ship. The top edge of the sail is bent ... 2010 Fore and Aft Yards As well as the square rig yard described above, the traditional lateen ... modern gaff or Bermuda rig is known as a yard, and probably developed from the original square rig ... Glossary of nautical terms Lateen Square rig Square sailing Squaring a yard Lugger References Anon. B.R. ...Image CrewOnRoyalYard.jpg thumb 300px right The fore royal yard on the Prince William ship Prince William .... A yard is a spar on a mast sailing mast from which sail s are set. It may be constructed of timber ... spars used on Square rig square rigged sails. In addition, for some decades after square ... and signal flags. Parts of the yard Image TopGallantYard.jpg thumb right A view of Stavros S Niarchos ship Stavros S Niarchos s main topgallant yard shortly after maintenance, clearly showing its various ... all of it. Click the picture for more details. Bunt The short section of the yard between the slings that attach it to the mast. Quarters The port and starboard quarters form the bulk of the yard, extending ... tips of the yard outboard from the attachments for the lifts. Note that these terms refer to stretches of the same spar, not to separate component parts. Controlling the yard image GearAtYardarm.png ... of lifts and braces. The sail on this yard is in its gear see Setting section it is hanging below the yard but still folded up rather than spread to the wind. The yard can rotate around the mast to allow ... is obstructed by other bits of rigging typically the Shroud sailing shrouds , the yard is said to be braced ... how close to the wind a square rigged ship can sail. The yards represent a considerable weight high ... is heeled over by raising the windward and leeward leeward yardarm to bring the yard closer to the horizontal ... only to support the yard when not hoisted , with the influence of the course yard being sufficient ... more details
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The Longest Yard may refer to The Longest Yard 1974 film The Longest Yard 1974 film , starring Burt Reynolds Mean Machine film Mean Machine , a 2001 soccer association football film adaptation starring Vinnie Jones The Longest Yard 2005 film The Longest Yard 2005 film , remake of the 1974 film starring Adam Sandler and Chris Rock The Longest Yard soundtrack , soundtrack for the 2005 remake. The Tackle , the play that ended Super Bowl XXXIV one yard short of the goal line disamb Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages da The Longest Yard de The Longest Yard fr The Longest Yard nl The Longest Yard ru The Longest Yard sv The Longest Yard ... more details
Category University and college campuses in Massachusetts Category Harvard Square es Harvard Yard ...Infobox nrhp name Old Harvard Yard nrhp type nhld image HarvardYard.jpg caption Harvard Yard with freshman dorms in the background location Cambridge, Massachusetts lat degrees 42 lat minutes 22 lat seconds 28.3 lat direction N long degrees 71 long minutes 7 long seconds 1.9 long direction W locmapin ... 6, 1973 governing body Private refnum 73000287 ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref Harvard Yard is a grassy area of about convert 25 acre ha , adjacent to Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts , that constitutes ... the yard area is bordered to the west by Massachusetts Avenue Boston Massachusetts Avenue and Peabody ... University Old Hall.jpg thumb left 250px Massachusetts Hall The western third of Harvard Yard, which opens onto Massachusetts Avenue at Johnston Gate, is known as the Old Yard, ref name urlMACRIS.CAM.AD Details cite web url http mhc macris.net Details.aspx?MhcId CAM.AD title Harvard Yard Historic ... archivedate quote Old Cambridge Harvard Square accessdate 2011 01 07 ref and around it cluster most ... University . Also located in the Old Yard is a statue of the university s first benefactor, John ... Yard from Johnston Gate stands University Hall Harvard University University Hall , and the now ... right 200px thumb The John Harvard Statue Other buildings The center of Harvard Yard is a wide grassy ... located in Harvard Yard are Widener Library, its connected Pusey Library annex, Houghton Library ... dormitories of Harvard Yard include the upper levels of Massachusetts Hall, Harvard University ... Hall . Image Theyard.jpg 250px thumb right Harvard Yard in 1905. Nestled among Mower, Hollis ... of the yard stands the Phillips Brooks House , designed by Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, Jr. , and home .... At the southwest corner of the Yard is Lehman Hall , or Dudley House Harvard College Dudley House ... Map of Harvard Yard Registered Historic Places Harvard DEFAULTSORT Harvard Yard Category Harvard University ... more details
unreferenced date September 2011 G vercinlik Yard lang tr Ankara Demiryol Fabrikas , meaning Ankara Railway Factory is the largest yard in Turkey . The yard is located in Etimesgut district of Ankara and is owned by the Turkish State Railways . The yard consists of a freight yard, passenger yard, a large maintenance facility and a logistics center. The yard is next to the stanbul Ankara Main Line near Mar andiz railway station. TCDD Category Turkish State Railways ... more details
the remaining lines from Federation Square File Jolimont.jpg thumb Looking west over the former yard ... Swanston Street Federation Square former yard footbridge removed on the rationalisation Exhibition ...Use dmy dates date May 2011 Use Australian English date May 2011 File Jolimont Workshops and yard overhead.jpg thumb 250px Overhead view of the workshops and yard looking north west, in 1929. Jolimont Yard was an array of railway lines and carriage sidings on the edge of the Hoddle grid central business ... proposals. The Princes Gate Towers Gas and Fuel Buildings were built over part of the yard in the 1960s, which themselves were replaced by Federation Square in the 1990s. The rail sidings themselves ... between Princes Bridge and Richmond stations developed into a major yard for the stabling of suburban ... Freight traffic was based out of Melbourne Yard and most of the country carriage stock was serviced .... A footbridge ran from Flinders Street across the entire yard to provide access for train drivers. An electrical substation was also erected to the south of the yard, to feed power into the overhead ..., and tracks in the yard itself were slewed as work progressed on the cut and cover tunnels. The Metrol ... s. Located on the south side of the yard, it was made up of a large brick carshed with tracks ... were located in Jolimont Yard Flinders Street B was located at the Richmond end of Flinders Street platform 8 9 and controlled the southern tracks into and out of the station from Jolimont Yard ... Square Deck was built. Flinders Street C was located beyond the Richmond end of Flinders Street platform 4 5 and controlled the northern tracks into and out of the station from the yard. Constructed ... Square Deck was built. Flinders Street D was located at the Richmond end of the Princes Bridge ... brick construction it remains in place today just outside the Federation Square Deck, but is unused .... Footbridges During the heyday of the yard only two footbridges crossed the yard ref cite web url ... more details
Navy Yard may refer to Boston Navy Yard , Massachusetts Brooklyn Navy Yard , the New York Naval Shipyard Charleston Navy Yard , South Carolina San Francisco Naval Shipyard , California Mare Island Naval Shipyard , California Norfolk Naval Shipyard , Virginia Philadelphia Naval Shipyard , Pennsylvania Portsmouth Naval Shipyard , Maine Puget Sound Naval Shipyard , Washington state Washington Navy Yard Navy Yard Ballpark WMATA station , a Metro station in Washington DC Navy Yard Near Southeast , the neighborhood around the Washington Navy Yard and served by the Metro station of the same name. disambiguation fr Navy Yard ... more details
orphan date July 2010 The Mar andiz Yard Mar andiz deposu in Turkish language Turkish is a classification yard in the city of Ankara . It is owned by the Turkish State Railway . The yard is the largest rail yard on the Anatolia Anatolian peninsula and in Turkey . The rail yard was built in 1892 by the Central Anatolian Railway CFOA . In 1927 it was taken over by the Turkish State Railways and expanded in 1972. Layout The yard is next to the Istanbul Ankara Main Line in Ankara, next to the Mar andiz Railway Station . It connects to the line on both ends. The yard has a freight marshaling yard, a passenger yard, an Intermodal transport Intermodal Terminal and a locomotive depot. External links http www.trainsofturkey.com w pmwiki.php Signal MarshallingYardInterlocking Trains of Turkey TCDD coord missing Turkey Category Rail yards Category Buildings and structures in Ankara Category Rail transport in Turkey ... more details
of the scholars in Dean s Yard, allegedly in outrage at the breach of traditional sanctuary although it had been legally abolished. The Abbey s Sanctuary extended beyond Dean s Yard, as far as the north side of Parliament Square, where Thieving Lane was named for the local profession. It is not often ... more details
Image Corwith02.jpg thumb 300px right BNSF s Corwith Intermodal Facility in February, 2006. Corwith Yards , a rail transport railroad intermodal freight transport intermodal freight terminal located at Pershing Road 39th Street & Kedzie Avenue in the southwest side of Chicago , Illinois , in the neighborhood of Brighton Park, Chicago Brighton Park , is a landmark in the history of railroad freight transport. At the time it was built by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1887, it was the world s largest classification yard railway yard . With adjacent parking and buildings it covers nearly a square mile of land. In the late 19th century Corwith Yards was the end of the line for trains of livestock loaded at AT&SF stations such as Dodge City, Kansas , and bound for the Union Stock Yards , as well as grain and other cargo from the western United States . Now called the Corwith Intermodal Facility, it now handles much more freight than it did in its 19th century heyday, for the BNSF Railway , mostly in the form of Intermodal container shipping container s. Corwith container crane s load approximately 1900 containers per day. Artificial Intelligence systems are used to sort & route the containers. External links Dead link header date August 2010 http www.catsiatf.com linkfiles gall pictures corwith.htm Corwith Yards, Aerial Views 1938 vs today Dead link date February 2010 http www.iit.edu ipro307s04 Data and Technical Details Of Corwith Intermodal Operations http www.atsfrr.com resources Sandifer Corwith Index.htm Track Plans and Map of Corwith Yards Coord 41.81604 N 87.71527 W source placeopedia display title Category Rail yards in the United States Category Railway stations in Chicago, Illinois Category BNSF Railway Category Landmarks in Chicago, Illinois Category Transportation in Chicago, Illinois Category Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Illinois railstation stub ... more details
Infobox UK feature official name Tyne Yard shire county state Tyne and Wear country England nation UK map name United Kingdom Tyne and Wear static image name Tyne Yard 12 March 2009 pic 5.jpg static image caption Some of the Tyne Yard sidings viewed from Smithy Lane road bridge os grid reference NZ2562057641 latitude 54.913 longitude 1.600 Tyne Yard TY is a Rail yard railway yard in Gateshead , England, on the East Coast Main Line , operated by DB Schenker Rail UK Ltd. The yard is the major freight yard of the region, with the majority of rail freight movements in Tyne and Wear from around the UK passing through the yard. The yard is about convert 5 mi 0 south of Newcastle upon Tyne , between Team Valley and the village of Birtley, Tyne and Wear Birtley . It is visible from trains passing on the adjacent East Coast Main Line, with the yard located on the western side of the line. Freight handled in the yard includes coal, oil, automotive parts, bauxite and enterprise freight. As of April 2007 the yard handled just over 300 trains a day, evenly spread between day and night. The yard also acts as a servicing point for railtour s visiting the region, and the Smithy Lane road bridge over the northern end of the Yard is a popular location for railway photography. The Angel of the North is visible from the yard and main line on the high ground to the East. See also List of rail yards Rail transport in Great Britain References cite web url http www.tyneandwearfreight.info pdf reports Rail 20Freight 20Report 2027.04.07.pdf format pdf title Tyne and Wear Freight Partnership Rail Freight date April 2007 accessdate 19 March 2008 publisher http www.fabermaunsell.com Faber Maunsell archiveurl http www.webcitation.org 5fNZUuwPY archivedate 19 March 2009 http deaves47.users.btopenworld.com depots1.htm Depot Codes External links Commonscat Tyne Yard Category Rail yards in the United Kingdom Category Railway depots in the United Kingdom Category Transport in Tyne and Wear ... more details
for places which repair ships and boats Shipyard Infobox railfanning location name NS Ship Yard image image size caption location Richmond, Virginia Richmond , Virginia railways Richmond District Norfolk Southern Ship Yard is a rail yard on the Richmond District Norfolk Southern Richmond District in Richmond, Virginia . It is just east of Triple Crossing . Ship Yard is not often used for putting together trains, but is more for storing empty cars, especially boxcars. US rail transport stub Category Transportation in Richmond, Virginia ... more details
File Enola Yard 2012a.jpg thumb Central terminal and service area at Enola Yard in 2012. Enola Yard is a large rail yard located in East Pennsboro Township, Pennsylvania , along the western shore of the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania . It was the world s largest freight train freight yard ... page 165 url accessdate ref The yard continues to operate today at lower traffic levels. Coord 40.294666 N 76.925336 W region US PA type landmark scale 30000 display title History The yard was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad PRR in 1905 with two Classification yard Hump yards hump classification yard s. ref name Alexander1 cite book title The Pennsylvania Railroad A Pictorial History last Alexander ... 133 url accessdate ref Initially the yard processed 7,000 Railroad car Freight cars cars per day. The westbound complex had a receiving yard with 20 Rail track tracks , and a 25 track classification yard. The eastbound complex had a 21 track receiving yard and 17 classification tracks. There were no separate departure yards. ref name Rhodes Enola Yard was fully built out by the late 1920s, encompassing ... car shop. A yard to handle container freight was added to the complex in 1932. ref name PennDOT Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Harrisburg, PA 1997 . Enola Yard A Brief History. Brochure ... , starting with the eastbound hump in 1938. The eastbound yard was railway electrification electrified ... the approach of World War II , with 14,100 daily cars in October 1941. The record traffic level at the yard ... in the late 1940s. ref name PennDOT In 1953 the yard handled 11,000 cars per day, ref name Rhodes and the yard comprised 145 miles of track and 476 Railroad switch switches . ref Kraft, Edwin June 2002 , The Yard Railroading s Hidden Half. http www.trains.com trn Trains Magazine , Vol. 62, No. 6, p. 48. ref In the 1950s PRR rebuilt Conway Yard near Pittsburgh , and upon its opening in 1959, Conway became the railroad s major yard for east west traffic. Traffic at Enola Yard was reduced. ref ... more details
The Square may refer to The Square, Bournemouth , a public square The Square, Tallaght , a shopping centre in Dublin The Square, Harlow , a small music venue in England. Harvard Square , Cambridge, Massachusetts, locally known as The Square The Square 1994 film The Square 1994 film , a Chinese documentary The Square , a 2007 Belorussian documentary, released on DVD as Kalinovski Square film Kalinovski Square The Square 2008 film The Square 2008 film , an Australian film The Squares , an English band that formed in 1985 T Square band , formerly known as The Square See also Town square Disambig es plaza ... more details
File Santa Fe RR Yard fsac.1a34717u detail.jpg right thumb Night view of part of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway yard at Kansas City, Kansas . March 1943. File Chicago 3 .jpg thumb A large Amtrak and Metra coach yard in Chicago, IL . About 25 percent of all rail traffic in the United States travels through the Chicago area. File Railyard LA river.jpg thumb Yard for Amtrak equipment, located next to the Los Angeles River . A rail yard , or railroad yard , is a complex series of railroad Rail ... not obstruct the flow of traffic. Railroad cars are moved around by specially designed yard switcher s, a type of locomotive. Cars in a railroad yard may be sorted by numerous categories, including ... tower to control operations. ref name Kraft Edwin Kraft, The Yard Railroading s Hidden Half. http ... composed of an Up yard and a Down yard , linked to the associated railroad direction . There are different types of yards, and different parts within a yard, depending on how they are built. Freight yards For freight car s, the overall yard layout is typically designed around a principal switching US term or shunting UK technique A hump yard has a constructed hill, over which freight cars are shoved by yard locomotives, and then gravity is used to propel the cars to various sorting tracks A gravity yard is built on a natural slope and relies less on locomotives A flat yard has no hump, and relies on locomotives for all car movements. Hump yard and gravity yard tracks are equipped with mechanical ... tracks. A large freight yard complex may include the following components Receiving yard, also called an arrival yard, where locomotives are detached from freight cars, cars are inspected for mechanical problems, and sent to a classification yard Classification yard US and by Canadian National Railway in Canada or Marshalling yard UK and Canadian Pacific Railway in Canada where cars are sorted for various destinations and assembled into blocks this is also known as sorting yard ... more details
Infobox company name Engine Yard logo caption type Privately held company Private traded as fate predecessor ... Engine Yard Cloud, Engine Yard Managed, Orchestra PHP Cloud services revenue operating income ... divisions subsid homepage URL http www.engineyard.com footnotes intl Engine Yard is a San Francisco ... http www.engineyard.com company title Engine Yard, Inc. publisher Engine Yard accessdate 2012 04 06 ref Engine Yard is one of the leading PaaS players for Ruby on Rails and PHP developers. ref http www.networkworld.com slideshow 32927?source NWWNLE nlt daily pm 2012 02 27 slide11 ref Engine Yard supports ... http www.infoworld.com d application development infoworld review engine yard cloud 180355?page ... ref Engine Yard solutions are charged on a pay as you go basis. ref http www.engineyard.com products cloud pricing ref Engine Yard provides extensive tutorials, videos, and podcasts to help developers ... d application development infoworld review engine yard cloud 180355?page 0,1&source fssr ref Engine Yard brings expertise, uptime guarantees and promises of performance and scale. ref ...?pgno 8 ref History Engine Yard, founded in 2006, offers a deployment platform with fully managed services ... helps boost engine yards cloud computing efforts with capital infusion 2701 ref Engine Yard co founders include Tom Mornini and Lance Walley. ref http www.cloudtweaks.com 2010 09 engine yard interview with tom mornini cto and co founder ref John Dillon joined Engine Yard as CEO in 2009, and previously ... yard ceo john dillon talks about competing against his old company salesforce com ref In August 2011, Engine Yard acquired Orchestra, bringing PHP expertise to the Engine Yard team and platform. ref cite web url http www.crn.com news cloud 231500593 engine yard conducts orchestra acquisition adds php paas.htm jsessionid tKls5V6yg8TtOtFi2zYzcQ .ecappj02 title Engine Yard Conducts Orchestra Acquisition ... launched Engine Yard Platform Services, a worldwide partner program encompassing over 40 ... more details
Linwood Yard is one of the largest classification yard classification railroad yards in North Carolina . The yard is operated by Norfolk Southern Railway NS . The yard is located convert 3 mi km north of Salisbury, North Carolina Salisbury off Interstate 85 in North Carolina Interstate 85 in Davidson County, North Carolina Davidson County , west of Linwood, North Carolina Linwood . The yard is on the edge of the NS Charlotte District and Danville District, and the Asheville District is nearby in Salisbury. History Linwood Yard started operations in 1979 for the Southern Railway U.S. Southern Railway , before the NS merger. The project cost 49 million to build. The yard is convert 275 acre km2 and convert 4.5 mi km long and consists of more than convert 65 mi km of rail tracks track . The yard facilities include diesel locomotive repair shops, which replaced older facilities at the nearby Southern Railway s Spencer Shops Spencer Shops . ref http www.northcarolinatravels.com museums nc transportation museum index.htm North Carolina Transportation Museum History of Spencer Shops. Accessed 2009 06 17. ref Current operation More than the 20 freight train s are handled by Linwood Yard every day. More than 1,000 employees serve the yard, and the yard reassembles more than 3,000 railroad car cars a day. References reflist This sentence should probably go into another article The yard is one of the largest major classification yards in North Carolina in addition to CSX s Hamlet Yard. Category Norfolk Southern Railway Category Rail infrastructure in North Carolina Category Rail yards in the United States Category Southern Railway US US rail transport stub ... more details
Infobox railfanning location name Fulton Yard location Richmond, Virginia Richmond Virginia railways Peninsula Subdivision Fulton Yard is a rail yard on CSX Transportation s Peninsula Subdivision in Richmond, Virginia . It has 13 tracks. See also List of rail yards US rail transport stub Category CSX Transportation Category Rail infrastructure in Virginia Category Rail yards in the United States Category Transportation in Richmond, Virginia ... more details
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