Cincinnati, OH: NS/Southern/CNO&TP Gest Street Railyard and Car Shop

(Satellite)

CNO&TP = Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railroad

The yard in the foreground and on the right is the southern part of  CSX's Queensgate Yard. The yard in the middle is Gest Street Yard. The bridge above that yard is the NS/Southern/CNO&TP bridge over the Ohio River. The half-dome on the left is part of the Cincinnati Union Terminal, which is now a museum complex.

Street View, Jul 2022, looking South

This is a rare case where today's yards are bigger than the yards in the 1950s. In fact, CSX's Queensgate Yard did not open in 1980.  Queensgate replaced five former C&O and B&O yards in this area. Gest Street Yard is the only pre-1980 yard in the Mill Creek Valley that still survives. [DonWinter] Judging from a satellite image, the passenger tracks for the Cincinnati Union Terminal have been rebuilt as an intermodal yard. In fact, it is the NS Gest Street Intermodal Terminal. [rail.ohio]

1955 Covington Quad @ 24,000

One of eight aerial photos by Larry Stulz via CincyRails, looking Northwest

Rick Shilling
Back view of Union Terminal, Cincinnati, Ohio  shows 8 platforms and 16 tracks servicing 7 Railroads: B&O,C&O,L&N,NYC,N&W,PRR and SR.
[Gest Street Yard is in the upper-left corner.]