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In the 1950’s, the Argentine Yard was built as a dual hump yard with eastbound and westbound classification yards. The eastbound classification yard has 48 classification tracks leading to 14 departure tracks with 23 receiving tracks. The westbound classification yard has 53 classification tracks, 16 receiving tracks and 14 departure roads. Then after rebuilding in 1996-97, the single hump yard has 60 classification tracks, 10 receiving tracks and 10 departure tracks.
Today, the Argentine yard consists of a freight classification yard and is also equipped with diesel maintenance facilities. As a 780-acre facility, Argentine Yard is the largest freight-car classification facility on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe system and is one of the largest yards of its type in the United States. The BNSF rail line converges at Kansas City, serving as a major hub where freights are transferred between several major railroads making Kansas City the second busiest U.S. rail center. It has a theoretical capacity of 5760 cars per day, but based on 1996 statistics, the yard handled about 2000 cars per day.
(Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center)
Note that this has another coaling tower that served three or four tracks.
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| Carl Venzke posted Construction of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company diesel shop at Argentine, Kansas City, Kansas. The ATSF diesel locomotives 121 and 326 are in the foreground. The shop opened in the summer of 1954. |
I think the coaling tower had been removed by 1959. Also, over half of the stalls for the roundhouse had been torn down. All of the steam service facilities have now been replaced by diesel locomotive service facilities. The hump yard has been moved since 1959. The big bare spot under 42nd Street used to be part of the hump yard. Some back shops were removed to make room for the current hump yard.
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| Wayne Hudak posted WW2 is in full swing and the railroads step up to the plate to deliver. Santa Fe locomotives line up at the sanding towers at the Argentine Kansas facility, 1943. OWI, Jack Delano Photo Dennis DeBruler There were certainly plenty of sand towers in NWI. When I tried answering the question of "what is sand used for?", I discovered that it was easier to find photos of water and coaling towers than of sand towers. I noted that sand towers are the one item from steam locomotive servicing that is still needed by diesel locomotive servicing. Wayne Hudak That sand is a real fine sand. RR track across the street from me. Once a standing locomotive let loose a ton of sand, I have 2 buckets of it in my shed.... LOL |
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| Carl Venzke postted Kansas City, MO 1951 Flood Disaster Railroad Yard in Argentine District [I don't know if this is the same yard or not. It does not surprise me to see a couple of empty tank cars floating. But I'm surprised that the doors of the empty boxcars would seal well enough to keep water out of them.] |
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| History's Mirror posted In February 1972, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway’s fueling facilities at Argentine, Kansas, were a hub of activity and vital infrastructure in one of the railroad’s key yards. Diesel locomotives lined up beneath towering fuel racks, receiving service as switchers shuffled cars through the busy terminal. The area echoed with the sounds of compressors, idling engines, and radio chatter as crews kept the flow of freight moving across the Midwest. Soot-darkened steel structures, catwalks, and fuel hoses gave the yard a gritty, industrial feel—purpose-built and efficient. Argentine Yard had long been a central part of ATSF’s operations, and in the early 1970s, it embodied the transitional period between first-generation diesels and newer road power. Though steam was gone, its legacy remained in the scale and design of facilities built to serve massive trains. These scenes were common across the American rail network at the time but held particular weight in major hubs like Argentine. |
Marty Bernard posted six photos with the comment:
A Look Around Santa Fe's yards and shops, Argentine, KS -- 1985
Duane Hall must have been attending a model railroader convention in Kansas City and the field trip was to Santa Fe's Argentine.Yard and Shops. I just found box of his slides taken around the yard.
Captions with photos.
Hunter Davila: It’s funny how most of the power stored there are Older GE standard cabs, along with SD45-2’s in there.. The most unreliable equipment ATSF could’ve ordered, with the GE’s constantly blowing something, being a turbo, and those SD45-2’s losing crankcase pressure and breaking crankcase rods.
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| 1 That must be the bus they came on. |
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| 2 Santa Fe yards and shops, Argentine, KS, January 1985 Duane Hall photo. |
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| 3 Santa Fe yards and shops, Argentine, KS, January 1985, Duane Hall photo |
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| 4 Santa Fe yards and shops, Argentine, KS, January 1985, Duane Hall photo |
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| 5 Santa Fe yards and shops, Argentine, KS, January 1985, Duane Hall photo |
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| 6 Santa Fe yards and shops, Argentine, KS, January 1985, Duane Hall photo |
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| David Starbuck posted Postcard photo (company photo) shows a group of Santa Fe diesels after being serviced at the Argentine Diesel Shop in Kansas City, KS. Appears to be circa 1950’s- 60’s. From my collection, enjoy. |
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| Chris Cruz posted This image of the "New Diesel facilities of Argentine (Kansas City), Kansas" was on the cover of the Santa Fe's 60th Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 1954. No photographer details were listed within the report. |
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| Bob Chaparro posted Santa Fe’s Argentine Freight House Photo courtesy of Classic Trains. Description: “The Santa Fe built a large, new freight station at Argentine, Kan., in 1961. The office building portion included offices for agents, the railroad’s transportation company, and division freight traffic personnel. The facility featured indoor tracks and automated cart tracks for more efficient operation. Santa Fe photo.” Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA Henry Sommers: LCL. Less than Carload Lots. Back when virtually anyone could send freight. Usually larger and heavier than what Railway Express would accept. |
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| BNSF Railway posted Located in Kansas City, the second busiest U.S. rail center behind Chicago, is BNSF’s 780-acre Argentine Yard. Today it is the largest classification yard on our network for merchandise traffic, including everything from chemicals, plastics and construction products to paper, lumber, food, beverages and more. So, because of its importance to the network, the yard has to be kept up to date and in top condition – but it can’t be taken out of service for long. Read more about how BNSF employees gave the yard a facelift within 48 hours at https://bit.ly/452yBCj. |
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