[PRR-talk] Landis Crossing

[robert netzlof]

--- On Wed, 5/14/08, rdg2124 at aol.com <rdg2124 at aol.com> wrote:

> The Pennsylvania's electrified mainline was crossed via
> a diamond at 
> "Landis" (Landisville, PA) by the Reading
> Company. Movements for this 
> crossing were controlled from where?
> The post WW II era up till Conrail is of prime concern. The
> Reading 
> continued south to an interchange with the Pennsylvania RR
> at Columbia. 
> Was there an interchange between these roads at
> "Landis"?

Have a look at:

http://broadway.pennsyrr.com/Rail/Prr/Maps/Itlk/landis.gif

If I'm reading that right, there was a 5-lever machine at Landis, and there was no interchange.

Bob Netzlof a/k/a Sweet Old Bob