Other uses class infobox cellpadding 2 style border 1px solid darkgray 1 yard colspan 2 US customary ... Observatory, Greenwich , London 1 yard 3 feet , 2 feet, 1 foot, 6 inches 1 2 foot , and 3 inches ... history.ac.uk report.aspx?compid 45276 . ref A yard abbreviation yd is a Units of measurement ... between Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States, the yard known as the international yard in the United States was legally defined to be exactly 0.9144 ... FRdoc59 5442.pdf Refinement of values for the yard and the pound , Washington DC National Bureau ..., Filed, June 30, 1959, 8 45 a.m. ref Prior to that date, the legal definition of the yard when expressed ... of length 1 international yard is equal to 3 Foot length feet 36 inch es 0.9144 metres 1 metre is equal to about 1.0936 international yards ref name Astin The early yard was divided by the binary method into two, four, eight and sixteen parts called the half yard, span unit , finger unit and nail unit respectively. Two yards are a fathom . Historical origin The yard derives its name from the word for a straight branch or rod, ref name OED citation contribution yard sup 2 sup title Oxford English ... postulate was that the yard was derived from the girth of a person s waist, while another claim held ..., Pamela title The Yard Unit of Length journal Nature journal Nature volume 200 issue 4908 pages 730 ... that the original yard was the length of the king s arm. ref name Watson In the mid 18th century Graham compared the standard yard of the Royal Society to other existing standards. These were a long disused standard made in the time of Henry VIII of England Henry VIII , and a brass yard and a brass ... a brass yard and a brass ell at the Guildhall and a brass yard presented to the Clock Makers Company by the Exchequer in 1671. The Exchequer yard was taken as true the variation was found to be frac 20 to frac 15 of an inch, and an additional graduation for the Exchequer yard was made ... more details
No footnotes date July 2011 News release date July 2011 Infobox television show name The Yard image caption format Mockumentary camera picture format runtime creator David Eddie br Michael Mabbott developer executive producer starring See Cast narrated country Canada network HBO Canada first aired Start date 2011 7 8 last aired Aug 5. 2011 num seasons 1 num episodes 6 list episodes website The Yard is a six part half hour miniseries that originally aired on HBO Canada . Cast The Good Guys Nick played by Quintin Colantoni , the eleven year old Capo of The Yard, quintessentially cool and a hard nosed realist, he is also an astute reader of human nature. He is wise beyond his years, and is loyal ... kid in the yard. She is a bed wetter and is given a dollar for every night she doesn ... big brother Drago ran the yard last year, before leaving for middle school. Believes Nick has stolen ... peace in the Yard. Alistair played by Cameron Mazzei , Nerdy but flashily dressed, Alistair is the best Ju Ji Mon a trading card game player in the Yard. He is Peanut allergy allergic to Peanuts ... by Siam Yu , The Yard s Asian Minister of Information. Ashok played by Ajay Gautam, The Yard s doctor ... A new trading card game hits the yard and a financial crisis starts. ref http www.torontolife.com daily hype prime time 2011 07 12 the yard episode 1 recap ref Girls vs. Boys Johnny is kicked ... more trouble and chaos in The Yard. Big Business The Free Market Stinks Stink bomb s are big business in the Yard and Frankie and his crew are at the top. But Mary Miladic starts to complain, Nick ... The Yard The Yard like kiddie Sopranos . ref http www.torontosun.com 2011 06 28 the yard like kiddie sopranos Toronto Sun review of The Yard ref The Grid called it The Wire Babies . ref http www.thegridto.com ... theyard index.php The Yard Official site IMDb title 1721669 http www.whizbangfilms.com the yard Whiz Bang Films.com The Yard HBONetwork Series DEFAULTSORT Yard, The Category 2010s Canadian television ... more details
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unreferenced date September 2011 G vercinlik Yard lang tr Ankara Demiryol Fabrikas , meaning Ankara Railway Factory is the largest yard in Turkey . The yard is located in Etimesgut district of Ankara and is owned by the Turkish State Railways . The yard consists of a freight yard, passenger yard, a large maintenance facility and a logistics center. The yard is next to the stanbul Ankara Main Line near Mar andiz railway station. TCDD Category Turkish State Railways ... more details
Navy Yard may refer to Boston Navy Yard , Massachusetts Brooklyn Navy Yard , the New York Naval Shipyard Charleston Navy Yard , South Carolina San Francisco Naval Shipyard , California Mare Island Naval Shipyard , California Norfolk Naval Shipyard , Virginia Philadelphia Naval Shipyard , Pennsylvania Portsmouth Naval Shipyard , Maine Puget Sound Naval Shipyard , Washington state Washington Navy Yard Navy Yard Ballpark WMATA station , a Metro station in Washington DC Navy Yard Near Southeast , the neighborhood around the Washington Navy Yard and served by the Metro station of the same name. disambiguation fr Navy Yard ... more details
The Longest Yard may refer to The Longest Yard 1974 film The Longest Yard 1974 film , starring Burt Reynolds Mean Machine film Mean Machine , a 2001 soccer association football film adaptation starring Vinnie Jones The Longest Yard 2005 film The Longest Yard 2005 film , remake of the 1974 film starring Adam Sandler and Chris Rock The Longest Yard soundtrack , soundtrack for the 2005 remake. The Tackle , the play that ended Super Bowl XXXIV one yard short of the goal line disamb Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages da The Longest Yard fr The Longest Yard nl The Longest Yard ru The Longest Yard sv The Longest Yard ... more details
Wiktionary yardYard A yard is an imperial US customary non metric unit of length 3 feet . Yard may also refer to Square yard , an imperial US customary non metric unit of area 9 square feet Cubic yard , an imperial US customary non metric unit of volume 27 cubic feet Pseudoscientific metrology The megalithic system Megalithic yard , a theoretical unit of prehistoric measurement Yard glass , an extremely long beer glass Yard land , an enclosed area, usually attached to a building Yard sailing , a spar on a traditional sailing ship YARD software , a documentation generator for the Ruby programming language Yards Brewing Company , a brewery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Rail yard , complex of railroad tracks for storing, sorting, or loading unloading, railroad cars and or locomotives Brickyard a place where bricks are made or stored Prison yard a walled or fenced, often open air space in a jail or prison Yard, used in United Kingdom British , South Africa n, Forex and money market s as slang for a thousand million units long and short scales short scale billion, formerly Long and short scales Notes on current usage milliard Scotland Yard or The Yard , headquarters for London s Metropolitan Police Service Yardbird American slang term Yardie Jamaican slang term Skin Yard , an American grunge band from Seattle, Washington People Douglas Yard , appointed a judge of the Family Division of the Court of Queen s Bench of Manitoba on October 7, 1998 Molly Yard 1912&ndash 2005 , an American feminist of the late 20th century Robert Sterling Yard 1861&ndash 1945 , an American writer, journalist, and wilderness activist disambiguation de Yard Begriffskl rung eo Jardo ko ja pl Jard ujednoznacznienie simple Yard th tr Yard ... more details
orphan date July 2010 The Mar andiz Yard Mar andiz deposu in Turkish language Turkish is a classification yard in the city of Ankara . It is owned by the Turkish State Railway . The yard is the largest rail yard on the Anatolia Anatolian peninsula and in Turkey . The rail yard was built in 1892 by the Central Anatolian Railway CFOA . In 1927 it was taken over by the Turkish State Railways and expanded in 1972. Layout The yard is next to the Istanbul Ankara Main Line in Ankara, next to the Mar andiz Railway Station . It connects to the line on both ends. The yard has a freight marshaling yard, a passenger yard, an Intermodal transport Intermodal Terminal and a locomotive depot. External links http www.trainsofturkey.com w pmwiki.php Signal MarshallingYardInterlocking Trains of Turkey TCDD coord missing Turkey Category Rail yards Category Buildings and structures in Ankara Category Rail transport in Turkey ... more details
Infobox UK feature official name Tyne Yard shire county state Tyne and Wear country England nation UK map name United Kingdom Tyne and Wear static image name Tyne Yard 12 March 2009 pic 5.jpg static image caption Some of the Tyne Yard sidings viewed from Smithy Lane road bridge os grid reference NZ2562057641 latitude 54.913 longitude 1.600 Tyne Yard TY is a Rail yard railway yard in Gateshead , England, on the East Coast Main Line , operated by DB Schenker Rail UK Ltd. The yard is the major freight yard of the region, with the majority of rail freight movements in Tyne and Wear from around the UK passing through the yard. The yard is about convert 5 mi 0 south of Newcastle upon Tyne , between Team Valley and the village of Birtley, Tyne and Wear Birtley . It is visible from trains passing on the adjacent East Coast Main Line, with the yard located on the western side of the line. Freight handled in the yard includes coal, oil, automotive parts, bauxite and enterprise freight. As of April 2007 the yard handled just over 300 trains a day, evenly spread between day and night. The yard also acts as a servicing point for railtour s visiting the region, and the Smithy Lane road bridge over the northern end of the Yard is a popular location for railway photography. The Angel of the North is visible from the yard and main line on the high ground to the East. See also List of rail yards Rail transport in Great Britain References cite web url http www.tyneandwearfreight.info pdf reports Rail 20Freight 20Report 2027.04.07.pdf format pdf title Tyne and Wear Freight Partnership Rail Freight date April 2007 accessdate 19 March 2008 publisher http www.fabermaunsell.com Faber Maunsell archiveurl http www.webcitation.org 5fNZUuwPY archivedate 19 March 2009 http deaves47.users.btopenworld.com depots1.htm Depot Codes External links Commonscat Tyne Yard Category Rail yards in the United Kingdom Category Railway depots in the United Kingdom Category Transport in Tyne and Wear ... more details
for places which repair ships and boats Shipyard Infobox railfanning location name NS Ship Yard image image size caption location Richmond, Virginia Richmond , Virginia railways Richmond District Norfolk Southern Ship Yard is a rail yard on the Richmond District Norfolk Southern Richmond District in Richmond, Virginia . It is just east of Triple Crossing . Ship Yard is not often used for putting together trains, but is more for storing empty cars, especially boxcars. US rail transport stub Category Transportation in Richmond, Virginia ... more details
afd mergeto Pay n Save Yard Birds 03 September 2011 date September 2011 distinguish The Yardbirds Yard Birds was originally a surplus store started in 1947 in Centralia, Washington . There were also Yard Birds stores in Chehalis, Washington Chehalis , Olympia, Washington Olympia , and Shelton, Washington Shelton . While originally selling war surplus, Yard Birds became more of a discount store with many departments including hardware, toys, shoes and clothing, automotive, pets, sporting goods, furniture, a full service grocery, and more. Yard Birds stores had a logo that featured a black bird with a yellow beak, reminiscent of the cartoon characters Heckle and Jeckle . Commented out because image was deleted Image yard birds.jpg thumb right Ad from the 1940 s These stores were not affiliated ... mascot. History 1947 Two friends, Bill Jones and Rich Gillingham, start Two Yard Birds Surplus ... called Seamart . The Seamart store eventually takes on the Yard Birds name. 1971 A giant new convert ... of a Yard Bird that is big enough for people to drive their car through. 1976 Pay n Save , a Pacific Northwest drug store chain, buys Yard Birds. 1979 A Yard Birds opens in Shelton, Washington . 1987 Employees buy out Yard Birds from Pay n Save. 1993 Facing growing competition from other retailers, Yard Birds in Olympia closes. 1995 Facing growing competition from other retailers, Yard Birds closes its stores in Chehalis and Shelton. Today The Yard Birds store in Chehalis is closed, but the new owners have rechristened the space as the New Yard Birds Mall & Shop n Kart. According to the http www.newyardbirdsmall.com New Yard Birds Mall website there is a Grocery store Shop n Kart , archery ... of their programs, plus they have rooms to rent for conferences. So while the original Yard Birds is gone, the name, building, and mascot live on. External links http www.yardbirdshistory.com Yard Birds History http www.roadsideamerica.com attract WACHEyardbirds.html Yard Birds Statues, Chehalis, Washington ... more details
Image Bailey Yard at night.JPG thumb 300px right Bailey Yard lit at night. Bailey Yard is the world s largest railroad classification yard . Owned and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad UP , Bailey Yard is located in North Platte, Nebraska . The yard is named after former Union Pacific President Edd H. Bailey . The gigantic Bailey Yard covers a total expanse of convert 2,850 acre km2 and is over 8 miles 13 km in length and convert 2 mi km wide. The yard is made up of some 315 miles 507 km of rail tracks track , including 18 receiving and 16 departure tracks. Bailey Yard handles over 10,000 railroad car s every day. Approximately 3,000 cars are sorted daily in the yard s two hump yard humps and 114 bowl tracks. Because of the enormous amount of products that pass through Bailey Yard, Union Pacific describes the yard as an economic barometer of America. Besides being home to two humps, the yard also includes a locomotive fueling and servicing center that handles more than 8,500 ... Platte, most of whom are responsible for the day to day operations of Bailey Yard. History Since .... The early yard design at North Platte was a Classification yard Flat shunted yards flat switched yard with 20 tracks. ref name Van Hattem cite journal last1 Van Hattem first1 Matt date 2010 05 ... http www.trains.com trn default.aspx?c a&id 6816 doi ref UP opened Bailey Yard in 1948 as a hump yard with 42 tracks. Another hump yard with 64 tracks was added in 1968, followed by a diesel locomotive shop in 1971, and a railroad car shop in 1974. The 1948 hump yard was replaced in 1980 with a new 50 track yard. ref name Van Hattem In 1995, as a result of its massive size, the yard was recognized in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest rail yard in the world. ref name Van Hattem It was featured ... Center http www.uprr.com aboutup facilities bailey index.shtml Union Pacific s Bailey Yard ..., Nebraska de Bailey Yard ja ... more details
File Lion Yard, Cambridge.jpg thumb Lion Yard, Cambridge. The Lion Yard Shopping Centre is a city centre undercover shopping centre in Cambridge , England . ref http www.cambridgeonline.co.uk streets Lion Yard Lion Yard , http www.cambridgeonline.co.uk Cambridge Online . ref It predates and is significantly smaller than either the Grafton Centre or the Grand Arcade Cambridge Grand Arcade . The latter connects directly to the Lion Yard, which is in the city centre. The Grafton Centre is situated just outside the city centre, however it boasts key anchor stores such as Debenhams which the Lion Yard does not have, due to its confined location. Construction work on the centre, which is bounded by St Andrew s Street, Cambridge St Andrew s Street , Corn Exchange Street , and Petty Cury , ref Ian Kitching, http www.iankitching.me.uk history cam lion yard.html Lion Yard & Petty Cury , http www.iankitching.me.uk history cam history.html Cambridge Past, Present & Future . ref commenced in 1970 and the centre contained a library , multi storey car park and magistrates court . For many years a central feature of the atrium was a large white pillar with the statue of a large very red lion on the top of it, safely out of easy reach. This recalled the Red Lion pub which had occupied the site until demolished in 1969. ref Wikimapia, http wikimapia.org 1461271 Lion Yard shopping centre Wikimapia Lion Yard shopping centre , http wikimapia.org 1461271 Lion Yard shopping centre Wikimapia Lion Yard shopping centre . ref The Lion Yard was significantly refurbished in the late 1990s early 2000s. A recently constructed undercover mall, the Grand Arcade Cambridge Grand Arcade , adjoins Lion Yard on its south side the two are interconnected. The main shopping mall is L shaped, with an atrium in the centre. Apart from the Atrium, the mall itself is now all on one level. References reflist External links http www.thelionyard.co.uk Lion Yard website coord 52 12 17 N 0 7 14.7 E type landmark region ... more details
Enola Yard is a large rail yard located in East Pennsboro Township, Pennsylvania , along the western ... freight yard through 1956. ref name Rhodes cite book title North American Railyards last Rhodes first ... page 165 url accessdate ref The yard continues to operate today at lower traffic levels. Coord 40.294666 N 76.925336 W region US PA type landmark scale 30000 display title History The yard was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad PRR in 1905 with two Classification yard Hump yards hump classification yard s. ref name Alexander1 cite book title The Pennsylvania Railroad A Pictorial History ... York isbn page 133 url accessdate ref Initially the yard processed 7,000 Railroad car Freight cars cars per day. The westbound complex had a receiving yard with 20 Rail track tracks , and a 25 track classification yard. The eastbound complex had a 21 track receiving yard and 17 classification tracks ... daily cars in October 1941. The record traffic level at the yard was 20,660 cars in one day during June 1943. ref name Rhodes In 1953 the yard handled 11,000 cars per day, ref name Rhodes and the yard comprised 145 miles of track and 476 Railroad switch switches . ref Kraft, Edwin June 2002 , The Yard Railroading s Hidden Half. http www.trains.com trn Trains Magazine , Vol. 62, No. 6, p. 48. ref Conrail took over operation of Enola Yard in 1976. Traffic levels at the yard declined as more ... system electrification equipment and closed the eastbound Classification yard Hump yards hump yard in 1983, and closed the westbound hump yard in 1993. Current operation The yard is currently owned by the Norfolk Southern Railway NS , which has operated a Classification yard Flat shunted yards flat classification yard and increased operations since taking over from Conrail in 1999. In 2003 NS announced plans to resume hump yard operations. ref name rutherford http www.ble.org pr news headline.asp?id 8137 Harrisburg s historic Enola Yard is railroad hub Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen ... more details
The MacMillan Yard is the largest Classification yard rail classification yard in Canada . It is operated by Canadian National Railway CN and is located 20 kilometers north of downtown Toronto in Vaughan, Ontario . It is named after former CN president Norman John MacMillan . MacMillan Yard is located at the junction of the CN York Subdivision and CN Halton Subdivision . The yard measures 4 miles in length and 1 mile in width with a north south orientation. The property is bordered by four main roads Highway 7 York Regional Road 7 to the south Keele Street to the east Route 73 Rutherford Road to the north Creditstone Road to the west There are five road entrances into the yard which are designated as S Yard, Jane Street, CargoFlo, Bowes, and Administration. Much of the yard is composed of side by side track, switches, humps, and control tower buildings. The yard is designed to take incoming trains and reorganize and rejoin the individual cars based on destination to create new departing trains. The yard operates 24 hours a day and handles over 1 million cars loads and empties per year. It has flat switching capability as well as both dual and single humps. In addition to car handling, other yard facilities include locomotive repair, car washing, and car repair. In one part of the yard, a CargoFlo terminal is used for transferring flowable bulk, dry bulk plastics commodities between rail cars to tanker trucks, as well as a small intermodal and RoadRailer operation. The yard was developed ... along the perimeter of the yard. The closest residential population to a track that carries dangerous goods is located approximately 150 meters from the northernmost extension of the yard near Jane Street. At the southern end of the yard, where several rail lines merge, Highway 7 provides ... Yard all trains enter and exit by way of southern end. References http www.cn.ca about safety responsible care caer news en CAERnews TorontoYard.shtml Toronto, MacMillan Yard , Canadian National Railway ... more details
The Gateway Yard of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad , located in Youngstown, Ohio , opened in the fall of 1957 and remained in operation until CSX Transportation CSX took over the P&LE and closed the yard in 1993. Gateway served as a place to sort and classify freight car s as well as an interchange with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the New York Central Railroad . Most of the cars that entered the yard were destined for Youngstown s steel mill s. History The yard itself was built on over convert 200 acre km2 of land and stretched for more than convert 5 mi km covering the distance from the Center Street Bridge to Lowellville, Ohio . ref name plerrhs.org http www.plerrhs.org gatewayproject gateway.shtm ref The yard included a classification yard , office complex, diesel locomotive servicing facilities, and railroad car car repair facilities. The yard tower and yard office are housed in the same building. It is rather large and resembles an aircraft control tower . Running in front of the tower is the yard s hump that is used in the sorting freight cars. The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Historical Society website ref name plerrhs.org includes a list of yard structures including their blueprints. Items include The Gateway Yard at work ref http www.plerrhs.org common indviewer.php?pic 2016 ref Cars being sorted over the Hump ref http www.plerrhs.org common indviewer.php?pic 2067 ref 1993 photo showing the rear of the tower ref http donsdepot.donrossgroup.net dr0101 vm3.jpg ref The Gateway Yard Today Today the Gateway Yard sits mostly empty after being closed in 1993. Most of the tracks have been removed. However, most of the structures still stand including the yard .... Railfan ning the Gateway Yard is not hard since Ohio State Route 289 runs alongside the yard. The yard ... Tower as it stands on November 2, 2008 ref http ldlawrence.deviantart.com art The Gateway Yard 102563443 ... art Gateway Yard Tower 104721113 ref br br http illicitohio.com illicitohio pblerr.html A Walk ... more details
Linwood Yard is one of the largest classification yard classification railroad yards in North Carolina . The yard is operated by Norfolk Southern Railway NS . The yard is located convert 3 mi km north of Salisbury, North Carolina Salisbury off Interstate 85 in North Carolina Interstate 85 in Davidson County, North Carolina Davidson County , west of Linwood, North Carolina Linwood . The yard is on the edge of the NS Charlotte District and Danville District, and the Asheville District is nearby in Salisbury. History Linwood Yard started operations in 1979 for the Southern Railway U.S. Southern Railway , before the NS merger. The project cost 49 million to build. The yard is convert 275 acre km2 and convert 4.5 mi km long and consists of more than convert 65 mi km of rail tracks track . The yard facilities include diesel locomotive repair shops, which replaced older facilities at the nearby Southern Railway s Spencer Shops Spencer Shops . ref http www.northcarolinatravels.com museums nc transportation museum index.htm North Carolina Transportation Museum History of Spencer Shops. Accessed 2009 06 17. ref Current operation More than the 20 freight train s are handled by Linwood Yard every day. More than 1,000 employees serve the yard, and the yard reassembles more than 3,000 railroad car cars a day. References reflist This sentence should probably go into another article The yard is one of the largest major classification yards in North Carolina in addition to CSX s Hamlet Yard. Category Norfolk Southern Railway Category Rail infrastructure in North Carolina Category Rail yards Category Southern Railway US US rail transport stub ... more details
File Selkirk Yard from the air.Nelson.jpg thumb Selkirk Yard from the air Selkirk Yard is a large freight railroad rail yardyard located in Selkirk, New York , about 8 miles south of Albany, New York Albany . The yard is owned by CSX Transportation , and is its major classification yard for the northeast United States and the gateway to points east of the Hudson River , including New York City . It is situated just west of the Alfred H. Smith Memorial Bridge on the railroad s Castleton Subdivision and is the eastern end of the Selkirk Subdivision . The 1,250 acre facility was built in 1968 and features a 70 track classification hump yard, several support yards and servicing facilities. The yard can process over 3,200 cars per day using computerized controls that originally employed a Data General Nova Data General Nova 3 minicomputer. ref http www.multimodalways.org docs railroads companies CR CR 20Maps CR 20Yard 20Maps CR 20Selkirk 20Yard 20Visitors 20Guide.pdf Conrail s Selkirk Yard, A Visitor s Guide ref ref http www.trainweb.org railnuts yard.html Selkirk Yard, trainweb.org ref Recent improvements include an automobile transload facility and procurement of a genset switching locomotive to improve air quality by reducing emissions from yard operations. ref http techvalleytalk.wnyt.com news news csx introduces genset selkirk yard 67636 CSX introduces GenSet at Selkirk Yard Sophia Sofferman WNYT Web Producer, June 30, 2011 ref References reflist See also Selkirk hurdle Category CSX Transportation Category Rail infrastructure in New York Category Rail yards coord 42.5547863 73.83709617 format dms type landmark display title ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The square yard is an Imperial unit imperial U.S. customary unit US customary non metric system metric unit of area , formerly used in most of the English language English speaking world but now generally replaced by the square metre outside of the U.S., Canada and the U.K. It is defined as the area of a square geometry square with sides of one yard three Foot length feet , thirty six inch es, 0.9144 metre s in length . Gaj in Hindi Symbols There is no universally agreed symbol but the following are used square yards, square yard, square yds, square yd sq yards, sq yard, sq yds, sq yd, sq.yd. yards 2, yard 2, yds 2, yd 2 yards 2, yard 2, yds 2, yd 2 yards , yard , yds , yd Conversions One square yard is equivalent to 1,296 square inch es Nine square foot square feet 0.00020661157 acre s 0.000000322830579 square mile s 836 127.36 square millimetres 8 361.2736 square centimetre s 0.83612736 square metre s 0.00000083612736 square kilometre s See also 1 E 1 m for a comparison with other areas Cubic yard Orders of magnitude area Conversion of units Area geometry Square algebra , Square root DEFAULTSORT Square Yard Category Units of area Category Imperial units Category Customary units in the United States ast Yarda cuadrada ca Iarda quadrada de Square yard es Yarda cuadrada mk pt Jarda quadrada ru simple Square yard zh ... more details
Infobox railfanning location name Fulton Yard location Richmond, Virginia Richmond Virginia railways Peninsula Subdivision Fulton Yard is a rail yard on CSX Transportation s Peninsula Subdivision in Richmond, Virginia . It has 13 tracks. See also List of rail yards US rail transport stub Category CSX Transportation Category Rail infrastructure in Virginia Category Rail yards Category Transportation in Richmond, Virginia ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 A cubic yard is an Imperial unit Imperial U.S. customary unit U.S. customary non SI non Metric system metric unit of volume , used in the United States , Canada, and the UK. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of 1 yard 3 Foot length feet , 36 inch es, 0.9144 metre s in length . Symbols There is no universally agreed symbol but the following are used cubic yards, cubic yard, cubic yds, cubic yd cu yards, cu yard, cu yds, cu yd, CYs yards 3, yard 3, yds 3, yd 3 yards 3, yard 3, yds 3, yd 3 yards , yard , yds , yd Conversions 1 cubic yard is equivalent to 46 656 cubic inch es 27 cubic foot cubic feet 0.000000000183 cubic mile s 21.6962157 U.S. bushel s 201.974 U.S. liquid gallon s 4.80890476 crude barrel s 0.764554857984 cubic metre s 764.554858 litre s 764 554 858 cubic millimetre s 764 554.858 cubic centimetre s 0.000000000765 cubic kilometre s See also 1 E 1 m for a comparison with other volumes Square yard Orders of magnitude volume Conversion of units Cube arithmetic , cube root Cubic equation , cubic function DEFAULTSORT Cubic Yard Category Units of volume Category Imperial units Category Customary units in the United States de Cubic yard es Yarda c bica it Iarda cubica ja pt Jarda c bica ... more details
Cadder Yard is the railway yard situated between Bishopbriggs and Lenzie on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway E&G ref http www.geograph.org.uk photo 409494 Geograph Cadder Yard & Sidings ref . Cadder is a district of the town of Bishopbriggs . It was a hump shunting yard opened by the North British Railway NBR in October 1901 ref http www.railbrit.co.uk RAILSCOT ref . In the early days the majority of the railway workings were on the North side of the E&G, i.e., the up yard, and the down yard comprised only a couple of sidings. The hump was located to the North West. Almost all of the rail workings on the North side and signal boxes were removed in the 1970s and 1980s ref http www.geograph.org.uk photo 409494 Geograph Cadder Yard & Sidings ref . The passing loops on either side of the main line have been retained and are used on a daily basis. The North side, beyond the up loop, is now entirely covered with trees. On the South side, beyond the down loops, are maintenance sidings. Direct Rail Services DRS leased the site from July 2006 May 2011 where it was used as a wagon maintenance and storage location. Subsequently, DRS opted to move these operations to Motherwell Depot, Cadder having no covered accommodation. Branches and spurs A short goods branch called the Wilderness Plantation spur started from the West end of the yard and ran to the Bishopbriggs Oil Depot closed in the 1980s ref http www.geograph.org.uk photo 410281 Geograph Bishopbriggs Oil Depot ref and onwards to the Mavis Valley and its colliery ref http www.geograph.org.uk photo 409494 Geograph Cadder Yard & Sidings ref . Possibly connected with this, there was also a mineral railway spur to the South leaving from the West end of the yard, which can be seen on the maps Old Ordnance Survey, Lenzie ref Old Ordnance Survey, Godfrey Edition, Lanarkshire Sheet 2.09, Lenzie 1897 ref Bartholomew ref Bartholomew ... short spur leaving the East end of the yard and heading South close to the B812. These spurs ... more details
Douglas Dale Yard was appointed a judge of the Family Division of the Court of Queen s Bench of Manitoba on October 7, 1998. His appointment was effective on October 13, 1998. He replaced Madam Justice C.M. Bowman, who had chosen to become a supernumerary judge. Mr. Justice Yard graduated in law from the University of Manitoba in 1974 and was called to the Bar of Manitoba in 1975. Mr. Justice Yard had been practising law with the Winnipeg law firm of Levine, Levene, Tadman, primarily in the areas of civil and criminal litigation, with an emphasis on family and child protection matters. Mr. Justice Yard also served as counsel to The Children s Aid Society. Mr. Justice Yard has been a Bencher of the Law Society since 1992 and has lectured extensively on various subjects related to family law and child protection. References http www.justice.gc.ca en news ja 1998 ma1007.html Government of Canada News Release accessed August 3, 2007 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Yard, Douglas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Canadian judge DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Yard, Douglas Category Judges in Manitoba Category University of Manitoba alumni Category Living people Canada law bio stub ... more details
refimprove date March 2009 Arlington Yard is a Rail yard freight yard located on the Staten Island Railway North Shore Branch North Shore Branch Right of way transportation right of way of the Staten Island Railway in Staten Island , New York , United States . It lies west of the former Arlington Staten Island Railway station Arlington station , east of Western Avenue, and north of the Staten Island Expressway in the Port Ivory, Staten Island Port Ivory neighborhood. The yard leads into the Travis Branch of the railway, the Howland Hook Container Terminal , and the Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge Arthur Kill Lift Bridge to Elizabeth, New Jersey and the Chemical Coast . ref name panynj cite web url http www.panynj.gov DoingBusinessWith seaport html howland hook.html title Howland Hook Marine Terminal publisher Port Authority of New York and New Jersey accessdate 2009 03 28 Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref See also Linden Yard List of railroad yards in New York City References reflist External links The yard is located at coord 40.6333 74.1745 display inline,title type railwaystation region US NY name Arlington yard Category Rail freight transportation in New York City Category Staten Island Railway Category Rail yards NYC transport stub ... more details
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