West Oakland Yards
Rail yard facility in Oakland, California, USA
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The West Oakland Yards are a rail yard facility in West Oakland, Oakland, California, in the United States. Formerly a major facility for the Southern Pacific Railroad, the yards have been operated by Union Pacific Railroad since 1996.
Under SP, the yards were home to a variety of railroad facilities, including a signal shop[1] and a creosoting plant.[2]
SP was said[by whom?] to "dominate" West Oakland with its "massive switching and maintenance yards, roundhouses, car assembly and repair shops, creosoting plant, and shipyards".[3]
The Amtrak Oakland Maintenance Facility opened in the yards in 2004.[4]
