CSX Hanover Subdivision 3.0

[Bendtracker1]

It might be Voith Hydro?
There looks to be two spurs going into the building with trailing point turnouts.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Zarfoss+Rd,+West+Manchester+Township,+PA+17404/@39.9484055,-76.790003,559m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x89c88b6ee5e22c63:0xec70c3a0be640595!8m2!3d39.9455539!4d-76.7962313!16s%2Fg%2F1tfz122k?entry=ttu

[packers#1]

Interesting that to get to either of the tracks with flat cars on them, a switcher would have to enter the building, or, do they use some type of carmobile to move them?

It’s likely similar to the GE Turbine plant here, they have an interplant layout with a turntable and everything because they build the turbines on flatcars and then either transfer them to a heavy haul flatcar, big rig, or a heavy lift helicopter.

[mu26aeh]

Oh, those flatcars are for moving stuff around their yard.  They don't go anywhere.   Also of note,  I believe they are ex WM flats

[milw156]

Voith Hydro plant about 7 o'clock to Weldon solutions. right above the wye track

[mu26aeh]

Voith Hydro plant about 7 o'clock to Weldon solutions. right above the wye track

Yep, figured it out after reading follow up comments

[milw156]

Its quite the "model railroady" track arrangement

[wm3798]

Here's your sign!

[mu26aeh]

No pictures tonight but YorkRail has now been granted access westbound out to the Rt 30 bypass.  Hooked up track leads to buss, fired everything up.  No shorts !  Ran engines light from Zarfoss the Lincoln, picked up a cut of cars and took them back out to Zarfoss.  No power drop outs, no derailments.  Even across the lift out, no issues.

[mu26aeh]

I turned a corner (literally) tonight, and installed the Baker siding/run around.  This will allow the Zarfoss job to pull into the runaround, drop their train and head back in the other direction.  Also allows them to switch out the Kloeckner Metals siding which is a trailing point siding going back into Lincoln yard.

[seusscaboose]

Lurking and loving it

[mu26aeh]

Benchwork has turned a corner, literally.  I set out to get the benchwork up for Spring Grove today.  This will be the home of PH Glatfelter, now Pixelle, a large paper mill.  They have a chipping plant just up the road and use conveyors to move the chip on the plant property and store in large piles, as well as a few coal trains a month even though they've recently changed some of their operations over to using natural gas.  Plenty of inbound and outbound boxcars and tankcars, covered hoppers.  Should provide a lot of switching if I can get all the track planned out correctly.  I've also included a track chart laid out over a satellite image





Tracks E, F, and K are no longer used or in service.  As matter of fact, where K is located is now a truck shipping dock and some claim as the hardest truck dock in the USA.  I'm certain it's very high on the list.

[John]

Great progress -- I'm beginning to think I picked the wrong subdivision

[mu26aeh]

Sketching Spring Grove, getting closer to having it figured out.





Might bring the track going from right to left ( S ) another foot or so closer to the bottom of photo, but that shortens my switching lead on the left lower corner.  It that case, I may bring cars thru the loop shown in the first photo, but not sure how often they use that track in real life.  I'll need to check with my sources

[mu26aeh]

Marching on to Porters Sideling !  Return loop leaving Spring Grove drawn up today.  Still have some work on the Pennsy side of the mill to finalize turnout location.

[John]

Marching on to Porters Sideling !  Return loop leaving Spring Grove drawn up today.  Still have some work on the Pennsy side of the mill to finalize turnout location.

Maybe move that curved switch away from the joint to to give you a place to put a tortoise or other mechanical under table linkage ..