Rigby Yard
Rigby Yard | |||||
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 A Pan Am Railways train at Rigby Yard in 2009 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | South Portland, Maine U.S. | ||||
| Coordinates | 43°37′23″N 70°17′48″W / 43.6230°N 70.2968°W | ||||
| Operator | Pan Am Railways | ||||
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Structure type | at-grade | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1923 | ||||
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Rigby Yard is a classification yard in South Portland, Maine, United States, operated by Pan Am Railways, a subsidiary of CSX Transportation. It was originally constructed between 1922 and 1923 on the site of the former Rigby Park by the Portland Terminal Company, a subsidiary of the Maine Central Railroad.[1] As built, it had capacity for over 2,000 railroad cars at a time.[2] The yard handled up to 75,000 railroad cars per year during the 1980s, with operations by both the Boston and Maine Railroad and the Maine Central.[1]
After its 2022 acquisition of Pan Am, CSX undertook construction on the yard to reduce the number of derailments. This included the replacement of 50 turnouts and over 20,000 ties.[3]
The yard covers around 245 acres (99 ha).[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 USAF (Ret.), Major Bill Kenny (June 22, 2020). A History of Maine Railroads. Arcadia Publishing. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-4396-6970-9.
- ↑ "Huge New Rigby Terminal to Expedite the Movement of Freight Across Maine". Lewiston Evening Journal. December 1, 1923. p. 2. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
- ↑ Stephens, Bill (June 8, 2023). "A year after acquisition, CSX continues making improvements to former Pan Am Railways trackage". Trains. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
- ↑ "Plan to bring remote-controlled trains to South Portland rail yard draws safety, labor concerns". The Portland Press Herald. July 27, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2026.