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New Denison Yards to House 8000 Freight Cars
In Denison Texas the Katy Railroad builds a 3.5 million dollar freight terminal with capacity for 8000 cars and over sixty miles of track. The project introduces a two hump classification system with jockeys guiding cars by gravity, automated weighing scales, and a large twenty two stall locomotive roundhouse. Work began in 1922 under F Ringer and team with A Harvey directing ground operations.
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Denison
Texas
Katy Railroad
Chicago
Katy
Panama Canal
F. Ringer
M. E. & T. Railroad
J. M. Metcalf
A. L. Sparks
A. Harvey