[PRR-talk] Lewistown Yard

[Jerry Britton]

In looking at many versions of yard diagrams of Lewistown over the  
years, it is readily apparent that it seems there are two yards  
there. There is a separation between the two yards. Not much, maybe  
only the width of a road or so. I had thought that perhaps this just  
indicated where tracks may have been removed over time.

However, on page 22 of the 1984 Keystone article by Jim Lynch, the  
1955 diagram shows a division point between the Middle Division and  
the former Sunbury Division -- only on the lower yard. Does this  
imply that perhaps the lower (southern most) yard was for the Sunbury  
& Lewistown Branch (S&L... Selinsgrove Secondary) and the upper  
(northern most) yard was for the Milroy Branch?

This is the only place I have seen the suggestion of a separation of  
duties for the two yards. Otherwise I might have assumed one was  
inbound and one outbound.
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Jerry Britton, SPF   Member, PRRT&HS   jerry at pennsyrr.com
Pennsylvania Railroad, Eastern Region, 1954 in N Scale.
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