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Brooklyn Intermodal Rail Yard

Coordinates: 45°29′22″N 122°38′37″W / 45.48957°N 122.64366°W / 45.48957; -122.64366
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Signage at SE Holgate entrance
Rails from Southeast Holgate, 2016
Rails, 2016

The Brooklyn Intermodal Rail Yard is a 110-acre Union Pacific rail yard in southeast Portland, Oregon, stretching from Powell Boulevard to Bybee Boulevard and operating since the 1860s.[1][2][3] Activities of the yard have been limited by adjacent neighborhoods.[4]

The Oregon Rail Heritage Center has a turntable from the rail yard.[5]

References

  1. ^ Harden, Kevin. "Union Pacific Brooklyn Yard project tries to hurdle old court injunction". Portland Tribune.
  2. ^ Buxton, Matt (2011-04-06). "Union Pacific works to lift Brooklyn Rail Yard injunction, leaves neighbors worried". oregonlive.com. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  3. ^ "Union Pacific prepares Brooklyn Yard for light rail line - Portland Business Journal". Archived from the original on 2012-09-09.
  4. ^ Binder, Melissa (2013-11-19). "Pollution near Brooklyn rail yard monitored by Reed College, SE Portland neighbors". oregonlive.com. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  5. ^ Redden, Jim. "TURN THIS TRAIN AROUND". Portland Tribune.

45°29′22″N 122°38′37″W / 45.48957°N 122.64366°W / 45.48957; -122.64366