Conway Yard

[1][2] It is currently owned by Norfolk Southern (NS) and is one of the largest yards in the United States and on the east coast.

Conway Yard was built in 1884 by the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway, a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR).

The westbound hump yard was outfitted with an automatic control system called VELAC, which was designed and installed by the Union Switch and Signal Company.

[5] A terminal for transferring coal from river barges to rail cars was located at the south end of the yard.

The site occupies 568 acres, with 181 miles (291 km) of track and a storage capacity of over 11,000 cars and is a hump yard.