Davis Yard

J.R. Davis Yard is a railway hump yard in Roseville, California owned by the Union Pacific Railroad Company. It is located along the confluence of three of the railroad's lines: the Martinez Subdivision heading southwest to the San Francisco Bay Area, the Roseville Subdivision which runs over the Sierra Nevada Mountains into Nevada, and the Sacramento Subdivision which provides access to the Central Valley, north and south. The yard is named for the last president of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Jerry R. Davis.

The yard covers 780 acres (320 ha), with a bypass for passenger trains on the north side. It is capable of handling 2,000 cars per day. It is also used to store Union Pacific's snow removal fleet which work the Sierra Nevada.

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