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Norfolk Southern - Coster Shop Rail Yard
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Norfolk Southern - Coster Shop Rail Yard
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This location has been labeled as Demolished, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.
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Large open area with multiple buildings. 44-acre abandoned rail yard.
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Type: Building/Outdoors
Status: Demolished
Accessibility:
Recommendation: Gone now
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asbestos
rust
air quality
lead, PCB, arsenic, bum doo & that weed that gets little things attached to your clothes
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Numerous old buildings and railcars.
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flashlight
gloves
long pants / sleeves
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Railroads once played a large role in the transportation and freight industries in Knoxville. The Coster Shop Yard in North Knoxville was once the primary switching yard for all major railroads that accessed the region. With its role diminishing, rail traffic at the Coster Yard decreased to the point that the rail shop was closed in the 1990s, however, it has retained limited rail switching operations between Knoxville & Holston River Railroad trains and CSX trains.
The Coster Shop rail yards have long been on the city's wish list for redevelopment—not least because they are among the first things you see when you're entering Knoxville on the interstate from the north. But the 44-acre site, owned by Norfolk Southern railroad, is fraught with environmental problems. Over the years a lot of diesel fuel, lead paint and assorted cleaning supplies seeped into the ground at the train maintenance lot.
From I-275 in the city, take Heiskell Avenue and go east. You'll cross the northern yard throat of an obvious rail facility. But just what is this place, as it doesn't look like your normal yard? "Once upon a time..." is kind of what the Coster area is. The Southern Railway had a rather good-sized facility here, acting both as a classification yard for local work in the area, and as a car-repair facility. Today, there is still a lot of local business being generated, especially west of I-275, so some cars are about. There is also an active wheel set facility, in a newish pre-fab-type steel building. Apparently, this must be the wheel set activity for at least a very large part of Norfolk Southern. It is not uncommon to see a couple of MP15 switchers here.
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Today, the majority of the Coster Shop Yard is being redeveloped into an industrial park. Or will be if they ever finish demo. Right now it's just sitting there as it has for the past 2 years since demo stopped due to enviro issues.
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Emperor Wang on 8/26/2023 10:41 PM.
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on Aug 26 23 at 22:41, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Aug 26 23 at 22:40, Emperor Wang changed the following: History, Hazards, Media Coverage, Future Plans, Web Links
on Mar 29 07 at 20:20, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Mar 29 07 at 14:26, SaraBellum deleted gallery Headed Home and its 19 pictures
on Mar 6 07 at 0:56, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Mar 5 07 at 21:23, Opheliaism changed the following: Status, Accessibility, Recommendation
on Aug 15 06 at 1:24, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Aug 14 06 at 5:13, Slickis changed the following: Media Coverage
on Apr 14 06 at 6:45, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Mar 31 06 at 19:02, Opheliaism made this location public
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