Symington Yard information

Symington Yard
Location
Location	821 Lagimodiere Blvd, Saint Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Coordinates	49°51′55.6″N 97°01′41.8″W / 49.865444°N 97.028278°W
Characteristics
Owner	Canadian National Railway
Depot code	504
Type	Diesel Freight
History
Opened	1961

Symington Yard is the largest rail classification yard of the Canadian National Railway,^[1]^[2] and one of the largest rail yards in the world.^[2]^[3] The intermodal facility is located next to the Windsor Park area of Winnipeg, Manitoba.^[1]

Built in 1962 to replace Transcona and Fort Rouge,^[4] and named for former CNR Director Herbert James Symington (1881–1965),^[3] it can store 7,000 cars and handles 3,000 cars per day.^[2]^[5]

^ ^a ^b "Intermodal Terminals | Our Network | Our Business | cn.ca". www.cn.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Workers at CN's Symington Yard in Winnipeg join thousands across country on strike | CBC News".
^ ^a ^b "NOW (Neighbourhoods of Winnipeg) - Community Services". www.winnipeg.ca. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
^ "Canadian National Railways - Growing with Greater Winnipeg" (PDF).
^ "Transportation: Major Railyards & Intermodal Terminals". gov.mb.ca. Archived from the original on January 20, 2018.

[:2-1] "Intermodal Terminals | Our Network | Our Business | cn.ca". www.cn.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-27.

[:3-2] "Workers at CN's Symington Yard in Winnipeg join thousands across country on strike | CBC News".

[:0-3] "NOW (Neighbourhoods of Winnipeg) - Community Services". www.winnipeg.ca. Retrieved 2019-11-19.

[4] "Canadian National Railways - Growing with Greater Winnipeg" (PDF).

[5] "Transportation: Major Railyards & Intermodal Terminals". gov.mb.ca. Archived from the original on January 20, 2018.

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