Luther Yard

{{short description|Rail yard in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.}}

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Luther Yard is a rail yard operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway in St. Louis, Missouri. It is located at 333 East Carrie Avenue, several miles north of downtown.

The yard was built in 1890 by the Wabash Railroad, a precursor line to the Norfolk Southern, which used it as its central classification yard.{{cite book |title= Report of engineers committee: St. Louis-East St. Louis railroad terminals |last= St. Louis Chamber of Commerce |authorlink= Regional Chamber and Growth Association|year= 1922 |publisher= Von Hoffmann Press|location= |isbn= |pages= 113–115|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=GZ1BAAAAYAAJ&q=%22luther+yard%22&pg=PA113 |accessdate=January 7, 2013}} Built on 30.65 acres of land, the yard included a 15-stall roundhouse, coal chutes, a sand house, an oil house, scales. The railroad spent $71,400.48 on the yard in fiscal year 1890.{{cite book |title= Annual Report of the Directors of the Wabash Railroad Co., for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30th, 1890|last=Wabash Railroad |authorlink= |year= 1890 |publisher= Woodward & Tiernan Print|location= |isbn= |page= 20|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=_ZE4AAAAIAAJ&q=%22luther+yard%22+wabash&pg=PA19|accessdate=January 7, 2013}}

As of 2013, 63 trains pass through the yard each week.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nscorp.com/nscintermodal/Intermodal/System_Info/Terminals/stlouis.html |title=NS Intermodal / Terminal List / St. Louis, MO. |access-date=2013-01-07 |archive-date=2013-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102132137/http://www.nscorp.com/nscintermodal/Intermodal/System_Info/Terminals/stlouis.html |url-status=live }}