City of Sallytoon and Associated Arrival and Departure (A&D) Yards

Sallytoon (ST), named for Sarah Caroline Andrews Neely of Salem, Oregon, is a major city to the south of St. John.  Sarah (aka Sally) is a highly accomplished and talented pianist and certified bell ringer at her church.  The name "Sallytoon" was a nick name attached to very young Sarah Caroline Andrews by Forrest Wm Andrews, Jr., of Decatur, Illinois and more recently of Lebanon and Salem, Oregon. 

Sallytoon is a junction point between the Susquehanna and Stonefield Divisions of the Railroad.  Sallytoon also serves as an important rail junction for the Branch to Billsgate to bring northbound coal from Keays Mines in Billsgate.  Empty coal cars returning to Keays Coal are routed back through Sallytoon.

For the immediate operating needs of the SV, there are large arrival and departure yards at Sallytoon and a small classification yard.  For handling this rail traffic, there are eleven A&D tracks at Sallytoon.  Additionally, there are limited engine servicing facilities, a small machine shop for repair-in-place [RIP] support and crew facilities to support train crew changes (e.g., railroad YMCA).  Due to the trackage rights for the various railroads, engine leasing and for periodic power pool assets, it is very common to see engines and cabooses from several railroads at ST and numerous freights cars of foreign roads from all over this County and Canada. 

Some Photos of Sallytoon and the A&D Yard

Sallytoon A&D looking northward at the yard throat. Johnstone Hardwood is to the right, served by the Esther branch	A low range of hills is between the Sallytoon A&D yard and the City	Cibolo Valley Railroad brings in unit coal trains from Billsgate. The CV does not have their own rails and uses track rights as a member of the Consortium for their operations to Sallytoon and north to Binghamburg. These locomotives are EMD FT-A diesels
This is a SV RS1 waiting for clearance northbound at Sallytoon. Note the Fairbanks Morse H10-44 Cibolo Valley switcher behind it	A D&H RS3 is ready to leave. Foreign power is very common on the Stonefield Valley Railroad. Note the City of Sallytoon just over the low hills behind the yards. A SVRR RS1 can been seen, just about ready to leave northbound	A B&O switcher brought in a short freight and has been turned for the return trip
A DL&W switcher is ready to leave with a short train	A pair of RDCs is entering the yard  on a southbound run	A SVRR FT-A set has entered the yard on a southbound run
A northbound SV GP-7 is ready to leave northbound with a peddler freight	The throat area is getting crowded with several trains waiting to start their northbound runs	Logs, coal, and general merchandise all are moved through Sallytoon to points both north and south
The A&D yard is very active with many trains ready to go	Fairbanks-Morse H10-44 engines are common, as are locomotive leases and power pools	Cibolo Valley RS3s sitting in the yard