P&LE Question

[BlueLight]

Which of the Class 1 runs the tracks on the west side of the Ohio River, and which one runs the tracks on the east side? Or are they shared equally?

[glenn68]

Depends apon the location. In general the P&LE is on the west side but also is Conrail. Conrail is on the east side.

Glenn

[Hawk]

Moved to The Jungle where real world train discussion takes place.

[BlueLight]

Thank you for the clarification. Since the ConRail break up, does NS run the west side, and CSX the east?

[_o_OOOO_oo-Kanawha]

CSX basically uses the ex-P&LE main line (Youngstown-Pittsburgh-Connellsville) on the western banks of the Ohio, Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers. CSX occasionally still uses the ex-B&O secondary "P&W" mainline along the eastern bank of said rivers, forming a sort of corridor to separate direction of traffic flow.

NS uses the ex-PRR "Fort Wayne" line on the eastern bank of the Ohio river which includes Conway Yard. NS uses both the ex-PRR "Conemaugh" and the ex-PRR trackage through downtown Pittsburgh to reach Harrisburg and points east. NS also uses the "Mon" line which is located higher up the hill along the western bank of the Ohio and Monongahela rivers. The eastern and western lines are connected by means of the Ohio Connecting RR Ohio river bridge just north of Pittsburgh. Check out my earlier thread here: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5348

Here you will find system maps and traffic charts:
http://railsandtrails.com/Maps/P&LE-1960/index.htm, which gives you a good overview of the situation before Conrail;
http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/rail ... 7-1985.pdf, shows Conrail's trackage and trunk lines around Pittsburgh;
http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/rail ... %20Map.pdf, schematic map of CSX' Baltimore-Chicago corridor through Pittsburgh;
http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/rail ... 1-2006.pdf, NS system map with Pittsburgh inset.

[tdwolf]

Once i am done with my other route

I will attempt to reconstruct the P&LE Rail line again

Youngstown to Pittsburgh to Connellsville

it will be modeled at present day with the only exception of Redoing The Gateway Yard (That is for my own personal reasons) as to the reason, there will be no exceptions

This will be a new project

[BlueLight]

Again, thanks for the information. I need to know as I intend to make my scenario's as prototypical as the sim will allow. As it stands, I will have to change engine flags.

[Csxgp38-2]

Thank you for the clarification. Since the ConRail break up, does NS run the west side, and CSX the east?

I haven't seen Conrail spelled like that anywhere except some 70s papers haha.