Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) used asbestos-containing products and insulation in its locomotives and railroad facilities for decades, even after learning of the cancer risks caused by asbestos exposure. Below, you will find a partial listing of the railroad yards where asbestos could be found, as well as the specific buildings and locations within those railyards with asbestos-containing materials according to Industrial Hygiene documents and testimony/interviews with retired railroad employees.
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Delaware
- Signal Houses – asbestos transite signal boards
Illinois
- Hillery Yard (Danville, IL)
- Car Department/B&B Building – friable asbestos insulation
Indiana
- Anderson Yard (Anderson, IN)
- Decatur Yard (Decatur, IN)
- Elkhart Yard (Elkhard, IN)
- Hump Station – asbestos pipe insulation
- Carman Office Westbound – friable asbestos pipe insulation
- Dormitory – friable asbestos pipe insulation
- CYO Repair Shop
- Power Plant
- Engine House – asbestos pipe insulation
- Car Repair Shop – friable asbestos pipe insulation
- T & E Building – asbestos pipe insulation
- Fort Wayne/Pickway Yard (Fort Wayne, IN)
- Yard Office – friable asbestos ceiling tile and floor tile
- Greencastle, IN
- Maintenance of Way Building
- Communications and Signals Shop
- Avon Yard, Big 4 Yard, Hawthorne Yard (Indianapolis, IN)
- Tower
- Car Shop friable asbestos pipe insulation
- Car Repair Shed – friable asbestos pipe insulation
- Retarder Building – friable asbestos pipe insulation and asbestos transite board
- Hump/Main Yard Office – friable asbestos pipe insulation
- Machine Shop – friable asbestos pipe insulation
- Diesel Shop
- Storage Trailers
- Boiler Building/Oil Pump Building – friable asbestos pipe insulation
- Goodman Yard (Marion, IN)
- Muncie Yard
- Muncie Depot/Passenger Station – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile
Maryland
- Baltimore Yards, Bayview Yard (Baltimore, MD)
- Car Shop
- Hump Yard Office
- Mt. Vernon/North Avenue Produce Terminal
- Round House
- Block Building
- Locker Rooms
- Class A Garage
Massachusetts
- Beacon Park (Allston, MA)
- West Springfield Yard (West Springfield, MA)
- Scale House
- Yardmaster Tower
- Bride and Building (B&B) Shop
- Yard Office
Michigan
- Waterman Yard, Livernois Yard, River Rouge Yard (Detroit, MI)
- Yard Office
- Trail Van Trailer
- Miscellaneous Buildings
- Radio Shop
- Building 4 – Friable asbestos insulation
- Locker Rooms
- Bridge Tower
- Crew Quarters
- Grand Rapids Yard, Hugart Yard (Grand Rapids, MI)
- Diesel Engine Shop – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile
- Yard Office – friable asbestos pipe insulation
- Jackson Yard (Jackson, MI)
- Communications and Signals (C&S) Shop
- Bridge and Building (B&B) Shop
- Offices
- Kalamazoo Yard, Mozel Yard, Botsford Yard (Kalamazoo, MI)
- Communications and Signals (C&S) Shop
- Various Buildings
- Yard Office
- Lansing Yard, South Yard (Lansing, MI)
- Various Buildings
- Yard Office
- Storage Building
- Saginaw Yard (Saginaw, MI)
- Maintenance of Equipment (ME) Shop/Headquarters
- Maintenance of Way (MW) Shop/Headquarters
- Wayne Yard (Wayne, MI)
Ohio
- Alliance Yard (Alliance, OH)
- Signal Boxes
- Passenger Station – asbestos floor tile and friable asbestos spray on insulation
- Ashtabula Yard, West Yard, Coal/Harbor Yard (Ashtabula, OH)
- J.M. Tower
- West Yard Tower
- Locker/Yard Office
- Passenger Station – friable asbestos pipe insulation
- MW Shop – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile
- Lube Oil Building
- Pump House
- Old Yard Office – friable asbestos pipe insulation, floor tile and ceiling tile
- Fuel Dock – friable asbestos pipe insulation
- Car Shop – friable asbestos pipe insulation, floor tile and ceiling tile
- Machine Shop – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile
- Yard Office
- Welfare Building
- Retarder Building
- Berea Yard (Barea, OH)
- Tower/Shop – friable asbestos pipe insulation, floor tile and caulk
- Canton Yard (Canton, OH)
- Hump Yard Office
- Hump Yard Shack
- Signal Boxes
- Radio Repair Building
- Maintenance of Way (MW) Repair Shop and Warehouse
- Car Shop
- Sharonville Yard (Cincinatti, OH)
- YMCA and Maintenance of Way (MW) Building
- Hump Office – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile
- Engine House – friable asbestos pipe insulation, transite and friable rope gaskets; Locomotive pipe insulation and
gaskets
- Collinwood Yard, Rockport Yard, Willoughby Yard (Cleveland, OH)
- Diesel Repair Shop – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile; locomotive pipe insulation and gaskets
- P-1-A Building/Shed – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile; locomotive pipe insulation and gaskets
- Back Shop – friable asbestos pipe insulation; locomotive boiler and pipe insulation and gaskets
- Yard Office – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile
- Yardmaster’s Tower
- Scale House
- Switchman’s Shanty
- Locker Room Trailer
- Bridge and Building (B&B) Shop/Office – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile
- Maintenance of Way (MW) Building – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile
- Match House – friable asbestos pipe insulation
- Quaker QD Building – friable asbestos pipe insulation
- Materials Building/Radio Shop – friable asbestos pipe insulation, floor tile and asbestos transite boards
- Hump Building/Tower
- YMCA Building/Dorm – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile
- Oil Pumphouse Building – friable asbestos pipe insulation and gaskets
- Store House Building
- Eastbound Shanty
- Drawbridge Towers
- Crew Trailer
- Buckeye Yard (Columbus, OH)
- Fuel Pad
- Car Shop/Inspection Building
- Locker and Service Building – friable asbestos pipe insulation
- Service Building – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile
- Communications and Signals (C&S) Shop – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile
- Pump House – friable asbestos pipe insulation
- Hump Yard Office
- Cresson Yard (Cresson, OH)
- Air Compressor Building
- Engine House
- Offices
- Maintenance of Way (MW)
- Bridge and Building (B&B) Department Building
- Communications and Signals (C&S) Building
- Tower
- Big Four Yard (Crestline, OH)
- Big Four Tower – friable asbestos pipe insulation, asbestos transite boards and floor tile
- YMCA/MW Headquarters – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile
- Dayton Yard (Dayton, OH)
- Dunkirk Yard (Dunkirk, OH)
- JNT Facility, Lima Yard (Lima, OH)
- Lorain (Lorain, OH)
- Maintenance of Way (MW) Building
- Crew Building
- Macedonia Yard (Macedonia, OH)
- Car Shop – friable asbestos pipe insulation
- Yard Crew Shanty
- Mansfield Yard (Mansfield, OH)
- Train and Engine (T&E) Service Headquarters
- Maintenance of Way (MW) Headquarters
- Car Shop / Office
- Yard Office
- Marion Yard (Marion, OH)
- Sandusky Yard (Sandusky, OH)
- Comm. and Signals (C&S) and Maintenance of Way Tool House
- Yard Office
- Stanley Yard, Airline Yard (Toledo, OH)
- Diesel Terminal – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile; locomotive pipe insulation and gaskets
- Tower
- Maintenance of Way (MW) Storage Building
- Material Building
- Shanty
- Incinerator Building
- Materials Office
- Chrysler Yard (Twinsburg, OH)
- Brier Hill Yard (Youngstown, OH)
- Maintenance of Way (MW) Shop
- Yard Office Building
New Jersey
- Elizabeth Yard, Elizabethport Yard (Elizabeth, NJ)
- Former CNJ Engine House
- Offices
- Train Station
- Car Shop
New York
- Attica Station (Attica, NY)
- Maintenance of Way (MW) / Communications and Signals (C&S) Building
- Batavia Yard (Batavia, NY)
- Yard Office – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile
- Maintenance of Way (MW) Building- friable asbestos pipe and boiler insulation; Floor tile
- Frontier Yard, Seneca Yard, Bailey Avenue Yard (Buffalo, NY)
- Diesel Shop and Offices – friable asbestos pipe insulation; locomotive pipe insulation and gaskets
- Maintenance of Way (MW) Shanty- friable asbestos pipe and transite panels
- Retarder Building – friable asbestos pipe and floor tile
- Scale House
- Car Department Storage Building
- Car Shop – friable asbestos pipe and asbestos brake shoes
- Flexi-Flo Building
- Towers – friable asbestos insulation
- YMCA
- Pump House
- Yard Offices
- Boiler Rooms
- Bailey Avenue Tire Department
- Niagra Falls Yard (Niagra Falls, NY)
- Goodman Street Yard, Lyons Yard (Rochester, NY)
- Diesel House / Engine House – friable asbestos pipe insulation and transite; locomotive pipe insulation and gaskets
- Yard Offices
- Plumbing and Electric Shop
- Pump House
- Maintenance of Way (MW) / Communications and Signals (C&S) Building
- Freight /Trainmaster’s Office
- Switch Heater House
- Battery House
- Selkirk Yard (Selkirk, NY)
- Diesel Shop and Offices – friable asbestos pipe insulation; locomotive pipe insulation and gaskets
- Bridge and Building (B&B) / Old GYO Building
- Towers – friable asbestos pipe insulation
- Yard Office
- Old Freight Office
- Car Shop – friable asbestos pipe insulation; asbestos brake shoes
- Retarder Tower – friable asbestos pipe insulation
- West End Maintenance Building
- Dewitt Yard (Syracuse, NY)
- Yard Office/Tower
- East End Yard Tower
- Signal Shop
- Intermodal Building
- Pump Station
- Diesel Shop – friable asbestos pipe insulation, transite panels/wall board and floor tile; locomotive pipe insulation and gaskets
- Car Shop – friable asbestos pipe insulation; asbestos brake shoes.
- Old Van site
- Utica Yard (Utica, NY)
- Communications and Signals (C&S) Building ay CP-27 – friable asbestos pipe insulation
- Utica Yard Office
Pennsylvania
- Allentown Yard, Bethlehem Yard (Allentown, PA)
- Hump Tower
- Hump Shanty
- Hump Car Inspection Building
- Control Tower
- Field Terminal Building
- Communications and Signals (C&S)
- Interlocking Tower
- Maintenance Office Building
- Hump Station
- Juniata, Sam Rea Shops, Hollidaysburg (Altoona, PA)
- Juniata Locomotive Shops / Multiple Buildings – friable asbestos pipe insulation; locomotive pipe insulation and gaskets
- Juniata Power Plant – friable asbestos pipe insulation
- Boiler Plant
- South Altoona Distribution Center
- MG Tower Building
- Air Brake Shop
- Hollidaysburg/Sam Rea Car Shops
- Clearfield Yard (Clearfield, PA)
- Maintenance of Equipment (ME) Office/Storage Building
- Harrisburg Yard, Enola Yard (Harrisburg/Enola, PA)
- Car Cutter’s Building
- Car Shop
- Engine House – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile; locomotive pipe insulation and gaskets
- Electric Engine House
- Electric Locomotive Sand House
- Hump Building – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile
- Towers – various
- Hump Shanty
- Powerhouse
- Maintenance of Way (MW) Building – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile.
- Westbound Hump/Office/Tower – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile.
- Pin Puller Shanty/Building
- Pollution Control Building
- Pump House
- River Car Inspector’s Building
- Search Trailer
- Shanties – various
- Capital Towers Building – friable asbestos pipe insulation, boiler insulation and ceiling tile
- Morrisville Yard (Morrisville, PA)
- Morrisville Engine House – friable asbestos pipe and boiler insulation; locomotive pipe insulation and gaskets
- Multiple Locations in Philadelphia, PA
- 15 N. 32nd Street
- Freight Handling Facility
- Warehouse
- 5 Penn Center
- Pier No 122 – various buildings
- Car Repair Shop
- Yard Offices – friable asbestos pipe insulation
- Pitcairn Shops (Pitcairn, PA)
- Engine House – friable asbestos insulation and lagging; locomotive pipe insulation and gaskets
- Conway Yard (Pittsburgh, PA)
- Terminal Building
- Main Office / Administration Building
- YMCA – friable asbestos pipe insulation, ceiling tile and floor tile
- Engine House /Diesel Shop – friable asbestos pipe and boiler insulation
- Eastbound # 4 and Westbound # 5 Hump Towers – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile
- Retarder Control Tower – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile
- East Conway Tower – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile
- Maintenance of Way (MW) Building – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile
- Bridge and Building (B&B) Shop – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile
- West End Yard Office – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile
- Car Shop/Office and Locker Room – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile
- Car Shop Oil House
- Power Building – friable asbestos insulation
- Air Compressor Building
- Car Inspectors Hump 4 Building
- Shanties
- Reading Yard (Reading, PA)
- Car Shops – friable asbestos insulation
- Yard Offices
- Diesel Shop / Backshop – friable asbestos insulation and lagging
- Powerhouse – friable asbestos insulation
- Blacksmith Shop – friable asbestos insulation
- Renovo Shops (Renovo, PA)
- Diesel Shop – friable asbestos pipe and boiler insulation; asbestos lagging
- Sayre Yard (Sayre, PA)
- Maintenance of Way (MW) / Train and Engine (T&E) Service, and Communications and Signals (C&S) Building
- Brownsville Yard (West Brownsville, PA)
- Yard Office
- Diesel Shop – friable asbestos pipe insulation; locomotive pipe insulation and gaskets
West Virginia
- Dickinson Yard (Dickinson, WV)
- Various Buildings
- Bunk and Locker Building
- Engine House
- Scale House
- Treatment Plant
- Yard Office
- Nitro, WV
- Various Buildings
- Office and Locker Rooms
