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Re: (erielack) LV / D&H routing through Owego

Ratz!  I got my slashes reversed, so the crossovers are backwards.  It 
should be like this:

________________________________________ LV yard access
______________/__________________________ West bound
__________\______________________________ East bound

Duh!

Bob

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Clegg" <BobcatCS_@_comcast.net>
To: "EL Mail List" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 10:48 PM
Subject: Re: (erielack) LV / D&H routing through Owego


> Okay, I see that crossover, but that's the one at the end of Central Ave, 
> West of North Ave. that I referenced in the original note.  The only 
> access according to this chart (1918 vintage) is at MP 235.1 and there are 
> no crossovers east of that point.  Is there another connection from the LV 
> transfer yard lead to the Erie WB west of the DL&W diamonds at McMaster 
> Street?  That's the only way the crossover at MP236.3 would work without 
> the "saw" move.  I'll try to show it here:
>
> ________________________________________ LV yard access
> ______________\__________________________ West bound
> __________/______________________________ East bound
>
> McMaster street is to the left, North St. to the right.  Looking north.
> Central Ave. ends at the tracks right at the crossovers coming from the 
> south.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Bob
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Connor" <mjconnor_rr_@_hotmail.com>
> To: "ELRR Lists" <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
> Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 8:51 PM
> Subject: RE: (erielack) LV / D&H routing through Owego
>
>
>>
>>
>> Bob
>> I grabbed my Conrail Susquehanna Division Track Chart (the EL Chart is in 
>> a longer-term storage mode) corrected to January 1st, 1978, and it shows 
>> a trailing point crossover at apx MP JC 236.3 in Owego between #1 Track 
>> (westbound main) and #2 track (eastbound main).  This was the crossover 
>> used by LV-D&H trains coming off the LV at Owego to access #2 track for 
>> movement to Binghamton.
>>      Despite it being a Conrail Track Chart this was the former EL track 
>> chart with minimal modification (e.g., substituting "Freeville Sec." for 
>> "LVRR" etc.).
>>      Can not account for why the Valuation Map didn't show this but it 
>> was there.
>> MJC
>>
>>> From: BobcatCS_@_comcast.net
>>> To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
>>> Subject: (erielack) LV / D&H routing through Owego
>>> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:32:43 -0500
>>>
>>> Hey, guys.
>>>
>>> I've been studying the valuation maps that I brought home from the 
>>> meeting
>>> in Owego which cover from milepost 234, about two miles east to just 
>>> beyond
>>> Owego Creek on the west and making modifications to my HO version as 
>>> space
>>> allows.
>>>
>>> I'm very curious about the eastbound routing of the LV / D&H via 
>>> trackage
>>> rights through this area.  I can see how westbound movements moved from 
>>> the
>>> Erie to the LV.  That's simple enough, just stay in the right lane 
>>> (track)
>>> through town.
>>>
>>> Eastbound is another story altogether.  The maps show no crossover from 
>>> the
>>> westbound Erie main to the eastbound east of the point where the LV 
>>> joins
>>> the Erie.  Did they run left handed (Is that order 13?) all the way to
>>> Binghamton or at least for a substantial distance before crossing over 
>>> to
>>> the eastbound track?  Did they have to make a "saw" move, pull onto the
>>> westbound, back up to the crossover between North Ave. and the DL&W
>>> diamonds, and then move east?
>>>
>>> By the way, the Walthers Art Deco bridge kit is VERY close to the 
>>> bridges
>>> over North Avenue, even if it does take two kits and a bit of cut and 
>>> paste
>>> to make it three tracks + the angled track wide.  Other than that, the
>>> verticle decorative channels need to be filled in and the retaining 
>>> walls
>>> need to be added.  I also used a piece of .020 styrene to make a floor 
>>> since
>>> the prototype has ballasted roadbed through the girders rather than the
>>> supplied bridge ties.
>>>
>>> Thanks and regards,
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>>
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