{"id":240406,"date":"2025-06-23T13:36:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T03:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=240406"},"modified":"2025-06-23T13:36:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T03:36:38","slug":"how-busy-in-oak-point-yard-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=240406","title":{"rendered":"How busy in Oak Point Yard &#8211; New York?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\ude9a Daily Freight Flow<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent data indicates that <strong>CSX operates four road freight trains daily<\/strong> over the Hudson Line via the Oak Point Link, each averaging <strong>around 75 cars per train<\/strong>, which equates to approximately <strong>300 rail cars per day<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rail_freight_transportation_in_New_York_City_and_Long_Island?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">en.wikipedia.org<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rail_freight_transportation_in_New_York_City_and_Long_Island?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">en.wikipedia.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udce6 Estimated Annual Throughput<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Daily estimate (approx.):<\/strong> 300 cars<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Annual estimate:<\/strong> 300 \u00d7 365 = <strong>\u2248\u202f110,000 rail cars per year<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a rough annual figure assuming consistent daily volume; actual numbers may fluctuate with seasonal or operational variations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udfd7\ufe0f Yard Activity Levels<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>From railfan community sources (around 2008 statistics):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Up to <strong>five yard jobs<\/strong> operate daily (yard switching\/local switching).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plus <strong>two road freights<\/strong>, and <strong>two additional railroad services<\/strong> (e.g., CP Rail, Providence &amp; Worcester trains) passing through (<a href=\"https:\/\/railroad.net\/oak-point-yard-the-bronx-n-y-t49090.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">railroad.net<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/railroad.net\/oak-point-yard-the-bronx-n-y-t49090.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">railroad.net<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This suggests both through traffic and local switching are handled daily, consistent with the daily train count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u26a0\ufe0f Considerations &amp; Caveats<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The 75\u2011cars\/train figure is an <strong>average for road freights<\/strong>; yard jobs contribute additional car movements.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Day\u2011to\u2011day operations may vary\u2014some days might see more or fewer cars moved.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I haven\u2019t found any official, publicly released figures from CSX specifying exact yearly numbers for Oak Point Yard itself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image_2025-06-23_133504776.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-240408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image_2025-06-23_133504776.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image_2025-06-23_133504776-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image_2025-06-23_133504776-768x511.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Northern part of yard, Jim Henderson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2705 Summary<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Metric<\/th><th>Estimate<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Road freight trains per day<\/td><td>4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Avg. cars\/train<\/td><td>75<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Estimated daily car volume<\/td><td>~300<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Estimated annual car volume<\/td><td>~110,000<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In conclusion, <strong>roughly 300 rail cars move through Oak\u202fPoint Yard each day<\/strong>, adding up to about <strong>110,000 cars annually<\/strong>, with additional local yard switching activity. If you\u2019d like a breakdown by car type (e.g., intermodal, tank, covered hopper), or info on peak usage periods, just let me know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent data indicates that CSX operates four road freight trains daily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":240407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,2051,47],"tags":[17152],"class_list":["post-240406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-csx","category-new-york-city","category-rail-news","tag-oak-point-yard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=240406"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240410,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240406\/revisions\/240410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/240407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=240406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=240406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=240406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}