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Yard Switch

This is a good place to get a general idea or picture of what is in the yard without getting in the bad footing areas trespassing in the yard. You can find it by heading east down the trail from the PYS Platform to 43.663871, -70.241092.

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MNGR 1 at Yard Switch in June of 1999.
Photo by John Erickson.
MRR 3 heads west with a tourist laden train at Yard Switch in Portland in June of 1999.
Photo by John Erickson.
Bridgeton & Harrison 8 at Yard Switch on the MNGRR in June of 1999.
Photo by John Erickson.
Orris Vose's rail car at Maine Narrow Gauge RR in June of 1999.
Photo by John Erickson.
Throwing the switch at Maine Narrow Gauge RR in June of 1999.
Photo by John Erickson.
Combine 12 at Yard Switch on the Maine Narrow Gauge RR on June 23^rd of 1999.
Photo by John Erickson.

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Dray or Drayage	Transportation of intermodal freight over-the-road from a rail head to a customer’s facility. There are 6 types of drayage: 1. Shuttle Drayage: Movement of an intermodal unit either loaded or empty from a hub to another parking lot because the railroad runs out of room at the hub. 2. Expedited Drayage: Special movement of an intermodal unit over-the-road to get it there on time. This exceptional drayage usually involves time-sensitive freight. 3. Crosstown or Inter-Carrier Drayage: Dray movement of an intermodal unit "across town" to the intermodal hub of a competing or interchange rail carrier. 4. IMX or Intra-Carrier Drayage: Movement of an intermodal unit from a carrier's rail hub to the same carrier's intermodal hub. An IMX dray extends the reach of an intermodal hub. 5. Door-to-door Drayage: Retail dray involving over-the-road movement of a unit to a customer location. 6. Pier Drayage: Over-the-road movement of an intermodal unit from a carrier’s rail hub to a port’s dock or pier.

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