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This yard of 16 sidings was in the south west of the Ravenscraig Steelworks (David Colville and Sons). It was largely used to store processed scrap wagons and was also the exchange point between British Rail and the works for limestone from Hardendale Quarry. BR dropped off the loaded wagons here and a works locomotive would take them forward.

From the north end of the yard was a connection via Ravenscraig No 1 Signal Box to Ravenscraig No 3 Yard and on to the Mossend Marshalling Yard.

The south end led, ultimately, to a headshunt alongside the engineering services and coal stocking area in the south east of the works. Via the headshunt most part of the works could be reached. The limestone trains travelled via this headshunt to the unloading point. Scrap also travelled via the yard's neck to the scrap preparation area.

It was not unusual to find other wagons here, such as those carrying new rollers for the strip mill.

The neck of the yard was crossed by a railway bridge, accessed via the headshunt, which carried a line to the secondary steel making unit and ladle service bay. By the 1980s this line was out of use and used to store redundant wagons.

Prior to the building of the steelworks this was a slag disposal area for the Lanarkshire Steel Works and before that it had been mined.

The site of this yard is now derelict and overgrown. The disused bridge remains.

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