[PRR-talk] [PRR-FAX] Milroy Branch

[Jerry Britton]

On Feb 10, 2008, at 10:16 PM, Steven M. Cutshall wrote:

>     Your most recent post about the notation on the 1955 map about  
> what
> areas of the yard were assigned
> to what division is quite simple.
>     When the S & L was severed there was reason to set up a  
> division of work
> allocated to each division
> having employees at Lewistown.. The union general chairman walked  
> the yard
> and decided an arbitrary
> dividing line between the Middle Division and Wilks-Barre Division  
> work.
>     The upper ( mainline ) yard was used for pick ups and set offs  
> from/by
> middle division trains. The lower
> yard was used for general shifting and storage. The upper yard  
> ( tracks 5
> thru 9 ) is west of the old yard
> office.


Pat McKinney misunderstood me in the same way you have. I am aware of  
the "west" yard (west of the yard office/entrance from LEWIS) which  
you are referring to as the upper yard. I am talking about the yard  
between that and the station. There are two "tiers", which I referred  
to as "upper" and "lower" based on a view of the diagram. Perhaps  
"north" and "south" would be better.

It is the "south" yard that contains the division boundary while the  
"north" yard does not. This is where I was wondering if the "south"  
was an S&L yard and the "north" was a Milroy yard.

My question does not bring the "west" yard into play at all. I think  
everyone is now in agreement that it was used for mainline setouts/ 
pickups.
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