What's going on at North Ave. Yard?

[GM]

Saw a lot of crew working on North Ave. yard off of Kennedy by Morton Salt. Are they laying new yard track or ripping it up?

[TBurke]

UP stopped using the North Avenue yard in June of last year as a base for local freight operations as business dried up. Remaining freight work is now done directly out of Proviso Yard. From what I can tell the North Avenue yard is now just a staging area for MOW work on the Northwest and North lines.

I wonder how long until UP sells off the excess land at the North Avenue yard for development as it adjoins the Lincoln Yards mega residential and retail project?

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