THE
BROAD
WAY
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PRR INTERLOCKING
DIAGRAMS
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ROCHESTER TO
CLEVELAND
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THE
BROAD
WAY
| A Pennsylvania Railroad Home Page
PRR INTERLOCKING
DIAGRAMS
|
ROCHESTER TO
CLEVELAND
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This is a block station and train order station only. There is no interlocking at this location.
Divergence, southward from YELLOW CREEK, of the River Branch. Divergence, southward from RIVER, of the Yellow Creek Secondary.
From here, the C&P turns westward and ascends the Allegheny Plateau with the help of river valleys.
Divergence, southward, of the Tuscarawas Secondary/Dover Secondary / Marietta Branch to Minerva, Dover, Newcomerstown (Panhandle main crossing), and Marietta, O.
The C&P turns northward and is renamed the Mahoning Secondary. The Bayard Branch extends westward (a more recent extension) to FAIRHOPE (M.P. 69.0), where there is a flyover to rejoin the Fort Wayne. This latter portion is now abandoned, Conrail having decided to run all freights up to Alliance.
Crossing of the Fort Wayne main line. Note that at this time, this was simply a crossing, not a separate interlocking. See the full description of this area on the Fort Wayne page.
On the PRR, this is a fairly simple interlocking, though a connection comes in northwestward from the B&O Chicago main. That connection allowed trains from Pittsburgh to Cleveland to use the E&A line to Youngstown and Niles, O., then B&O trackage rights over their cutoff to Ravenna (B&O signal rules were in the Special Instructions pages of the employe timetable), then the PRR main to Cleveland. Presumably (can someone confirm), such a routing would be used to avoid the washboard profile of the Fort Wayne and southern C&P, and/or to avoid the Fort Wayne's passenger trains and fast freights.
Junction, southwestward, of the Akron Branch. A most interesting example of short-block signalling, about which hopefully I will be able to write shortly.
The PRR joins the NYC (LS&MS) main from the south side, where the main line officially ends. PRR crosses the Cuyahoga River on a lift bridge, then its Whiskey Island trackage diverges to the south (PRR dwarf signals still present as of 2001), then ducks north under the NYC to the yard itself. This is, of course, where the famous Hulett unloaders used to operate. Possible sites of interest:
Mark D. Bej