(erielack) Re: Akron Questions

[Kevin DeGroff <kdegroffrr_@_earthlink.net>]

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 >From the 1979 track chart for the "Youngstown West" Division:

Pgs 28-41 covers the mainline from SN to Galion.  Note both tracks are 
still intact, although a 30 mph
speed restriction generally rules most of the territory. 

http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CR/CR%20Track%20Charts/CR%20Youngstown%20West%20Track%20Chart%201-1-1979.pdf




In the 1980 track chart (pgs 53-66), the EL main has been single-tracked 
west of South Street
in Akron (track 2 is cut and funnelled directly onto the PRR there), and 
parts of the remaining
EL main are marked as being "temporarily out of service".   This chart 
also shows the locations
of the various cut-n-throws, as CR retained segments of whichever track 
had the best conditions
(i.e. welded rail on track 2 between Wadsworth and Silver Creek was 
retained).

The 1980 chart also shows the diamonds removed at Mansfield, making 
direct movement on the EL
across the PRR there impossible without entering the PRR and performing 
a runaround move.

http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CR/CR%20Track%20Charts/CR%20Youngstown%20West%20Track%20Chart%201-1-1980.pdf





In the 1981 track chart (pgs 123-136), they apparently dropped the east 
vs. west distinction,
and it covers the entire Youngstown Division (all the way to Hornell). 

SN to JO is still double track, and the remainder west of Akron is about 
the same as it was
in the 1980 chart.


http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CR/CR%20Track%20Charts/CR%20Youngstown%20Track%20Chart%201-1-1981.pdf


The 1981 chart also shows:

Pgs 120-121
The east end of the 2nd sub cutoff mothballed between Pymatuning and 
Latimer (NYC diamond).

Pgs 114-115
The separated mains between Cambridge Springs and Union City PA are 
still both intact.

Pgs 111-112
The Bear Lake Line is out of service, although the USRA's final plan 
didn't even have it as
among the line segments to be conveyed to Conrail.  I guess it was, 
otherwise it would have
been marked "EL Estate"

Pg 108
RH to Streamburg is single track, with the Steamburg crossover 
straight-railed.  Track 2 from
Salamanca just abruptly ends right at Steamburg.  I recall a derailment 
at RH wiped out track 1
and the interlocking, making the Steamburg crossovers the effective end 
of double track.  But
since track 1 between Steamburg and WC (Salamanca) was TCS equipped, 
they opted to straight
rail the crossover and use only track 1 east of Steamburg, ultimately 
producing a 23-mile
single track segment from Waterboro to WC.

Pgs 103-106
The double track between Cuba and Olean has been reduced to CTC single 
track (also showing the
various cut-n-throws), but Olean to Salamanca remains as double track.  
It shows new control
points at Cuba and West Cuba for the siding which was fashioned out of 
the old double track,
but it does not (yet) show a new control point at Olean, so apparently X 
tower was still open
and handling the end-of-double-track duties there.  It also shows the 
"new" Olean yard. 
Olean-Salamanca will eventually get CTC and a "tidy" reduction to 1 
track with state money.

Pgs 100-101
No controlled siding built at Wellsville yet, with the resulting 52 mile 
stretch of single track
from Hornell to Cuba.  Eventually, a 6,400 foot siding would be built on 
the west (north) side
of Wellsville.

Pgs 146-147 shows the Bradford Branch, including demarcation of 
ownership between Conrail
and the EL Estate.





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