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. Here is a partial listing of the railroad yards where asbestos could be found:
State / City |
Railroad Yard or Shop Name |
Buildings and locations with asbestos containing materials according to Industrial Hygiene documents and testimony/interviews with retired railroad employees |
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DELAWARE |
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Delaware – Signal Houses |
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Asbestos transite signal boards |
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ILLINOIS |
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Illinois – Danville |
Hillery Yard
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Car Department / Bridge and Building (B&B) Building- friable asbestos insulation |
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INDIANA |
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Indiana – Anderson |
Anderson Yard
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Yard Office and Stations |
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Indiana – Decatur |
Decatur Yard
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Trainmen Building |
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Indiana – Elkhart |
Elkhart Yard
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Hump Station – asbestos pipe insulation Carman Office Westbound – friable asbestos pipe insulation Dormitory – friable asbestos pipe insulation CYO Repair Shop Power Plant Car Repair Shop – friable asbestos pipe insulation T & E Building – asbestos pipe insulation |
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Indiana – Fort Wayne |
Fort Wayne / Pickway Yard
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Yard Office – friable asbestos ceiling tile and floor tile |
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Indiana – Greencastle |
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Maintenance of Way (MW) Building |
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Indiana – Indianapolis |
Avon Yard Big 4 Yard Hawthorne Yard
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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 Storage Trailers Boiler Building / Oil Pump Building – friable asbestos pipe insulation |
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Indiana – Marion |
Goodman Yard
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Various Buildings |
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Indiana – Muncie |
Muncie Yard
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Muncie Depot / Passenger Station – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile |
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MARYLAND |
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Maryland – Baltimore |
Baltimore Yards Bayview Yard
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Car Shop Hump Yard Office Mt. Vernon/North Avenue Produce Terminal Round House Block Building Locker Rooms Class A Garage |
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MASSACHUSETTS |
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Massachusetts – Allston |
Beacon Park
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Old Trail Van Office |
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Massachusetts – West Springfield |
West Springfield Yard
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Scale House Yardmaster Tower Bridge and Building (B&B) Shop Yard Office |
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MICHIGAN |
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Michigan – Detroit |
Waterman Yard
Livernois Yard River Rouge Yard |
Yard Office Trail Van Trailer Miscellaneous Buildings Radio Shop Building 4 – Friable asbestos insulation Locker Rooms Bridge Tower Crew Quarters |
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Michigan – Grand Rapids |
Grand Rapids Yard
Hugart Yard |
Diesel Engine Shop – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile Yard Office – friable asbestos pipe insulation |
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Michigan – Jackson |
Jackson Yard
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Communications and Signals (C&S) Shop Bridge and Building (B&B) Shop Offices |
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Michigan – Kalamazoo |
Kalamazoo Yard
Mozel Yard Botsford Yard |
Communications and Signals (C&S) Shop Various Buildings Yard Office |
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Michigan – Lansing |
Lansing Yard
South Yard |
Various Buildings Yard Office Storage Building |
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Michigan – Saginaw |
Saginaw Yard
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Maintenance of Equipment (ME) Shop/Headquarters Maintenance of Way (MW) Shop/Headquarters |
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Michigan – Wayne |
Wayne Yard
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Yard Office |
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OHIO |
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Ohio – Alliance |
Alliance Yard
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Signal Boxes Passenger Station – asbestos floor tile and friable asbestos spray on insulation |
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Ohio – Ashtabula |
Ashtabula Yard
West Yard Coal/Harbor Yard |
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 |
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Ohio – Berea |
Berea Yard
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Tower / Shop – friable asbestos pipe insulation, floor tile and caulk |
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Ohio – Canton |
Canton Yard
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Hump Yard Office Hump Yard Shack Signal Boxes Radio Repair Building Maintenance of Way (MW) Repair Shop and Warehouse Car Shop |
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Ohio – Cincinnati |
Sharonville Yard
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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 |
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Ohio – Cleveland |
Collinwood Yard
Rockport Yard Willoughby Yard |
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 |
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Ohio – Columbus |
Buckeye Yard
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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 |
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Ohio – Cresson |
Cresson Yard
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Air Compressor Building Engine House Offices Maintenance of Way (MW) Bridge and Building (B&B) Department Building Communications and Signals (C&S) Building Tower |
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Ohio – Crestline |
Big Four Yard
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Big Four Tower – friable asbestos pipe insulation, asbestos transite boards and floor tile YMCA/MW Headquarters – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile Interlocking Building / Relay House |
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Ohio – Dayton |
Dayton Yard
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Car Shop |
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Ohio – Dunkirk |
Dunkirk Yard
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Tower |
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Ohio – Lima |
JNT Facility
Lima Yard |
Tower |
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Ohio – Lorain |
Lorain
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Maintenance of Way (MW) Building Crew Building |
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Ohio – Macedonia |
Macedonia Yard
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Car Shop – friable asbestos pipe insulation Yard Crew Shanty |
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Ohio – Mansfield |
Mansfield Yard
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Train and Engine (T&E) Service Headquarters Maintenance of Way (MW) Headquarters Car Shop / Office Yard Office |
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Ohio – Marion |
Marion Yard
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Yard Office |
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Ohio – Sandusky |
Sandusky Yard
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Comm. and Signals (C&S) and Maintenance of Way Tool House Yard Office |
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Ohio – Toledo |
Stanley Yard
Airline Yard |
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 |
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Ohio – Twinsburg |
Chrysler Yard
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Asbestos pipe insulation |
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Ohio – Youngstown |
Brier Hill Yard
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Maintenance of Way (MW) Shop Yard Office Building |
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PENNSYLVANIA |
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Pennsylvania – Allentown |
Allentown Yard
Bethlehem Yard |
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 |
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Pennsylvania – Altoona |
Juniata
Sam Rea Shops Hollidaysburg |
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 |
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Pennsylvania – Clearfield |
Clearfield Yard
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Maintenance of Equipment (ME) Office/Storage Building |
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Pennsylvania -Harrisburg/Enola |
Harrisburg Yard
Enola Yard |
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 |
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Pennsylvania – Morrisville |
Morrisville Yard
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Morrisville Engine House – friable asbestos pipe and boiler insulation; locomotive pipe insulation and gaskets |
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Pennsylvania – Philadelphia |
Multiple Locations
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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 |
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Pennsylvania – Pitcairn |
Pitcairn Shops
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Engine House – friable asbestos insulation and lagging; locomotive pipe insulation and gaskets |
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Pennsylvania – Pittsburgh |
Conway Yard
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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 |
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Pennsylvania – Reading |
Reading Yard
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Car Shops – friable asbestos insulation Yard Offices Diesel Shop / Backshop – friable asbestos insulation and lagging Powerhouse – friable asbestos insulation Blacksmith Shop – friable asbestos insulation |
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Pennsylvania – Renovo |
Renovo Shops
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Diesel Shop – friable asbestos pipe and boiler insulation; asbestos lagging |
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Pennsylvania – Sayre |
Sayre Yard
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Maintenance of Way (MW) / Train and Engine (T&E) Service, and Communications and Signals (C&S) Building |
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Pennsylvania -West Brownsville |
Brownsville Yard
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Yard Office Diesel Shop – friable asbestos pipe insulation; locomotive pipe insulation and gaskets |
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NEW YORK |
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New York – Attica |
Attica Station
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Maintenance of Way (MW) / Communications and Signals (C&S) Building |
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New York – Batavia |
Batavia Yard
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Yard Office – friable asbestos pipe insulation and floor tile Maintenance of Way (MW) Building- friable asbestos pipe and boiler insulation; Floor tile |
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New York – Buffalo |
Frontier Yard
Seneca Yard Bailey Avenue Yard |
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 |
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New York – Niagara Falls |
Niagara Falls Yard
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Pump House Yard Offices |
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New York – Rochester |
Goodman Street Yard
Lyons Yard |
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 |
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New York – Selkirk |
Selkirk Yard
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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 |
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New York – Syracuse |
Dewitt Yard
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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 |
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New York – Utica |
Utica Yard
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Communications and Signals (C&S) Building ay CP-27 – friable asbestos pipe insulation Utica Yard Office |
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NEW JERSEY |
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New Jersey – Elizabeth |
Elizabeth Yard
Elizabethport Yard |
Former CNJ Engine House Offices Train Station Car Shop |
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WEST VIRGINIA |
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West Virginia – Dickinson |
Dickinson Yard
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Various Buildings Bunk and Locker Building Engine House Scale House Treatment Plant Yard Office |
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West Virginia – Nitro |
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Various Buildings Office and Locker Rooms |