This section of drawings is for the Reading's Lebanon Valley Branch, from Reading to Harrisburg. Please note that the drawings are oriented with East to the LEFT, so they are viewed "upside down" geographically. The best way to view these is to start with the first image in the series - click on the image to open the "lightbox" view, then move your mouse toward the upper right corner and click the "Next" link to scroll to the next image - you can then scroll back and forth using the "Next" and "Prev" buttons.
- Lebanon Valley Branch_19
- Hits: 2111
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Description:
Continuing west out of Lebanon, we pass through the small towns of Cleona and Annville. The Cleona Siding is visible, and we also see an interlocking at Annville. As info, the difference between identifying automatic/intermediate and interlocking signals on these diagrams is that the intermediate signals have numbers shown, such as the "V304" seen at top left.
- Lebanon Valley Branch_20
- Hits: 1892
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Description:
West of Annville, we see the trackage for Millards limestone quarry, a major shipper of stone on the Reading, and still in service today as Pennsy Supply.
- Lebanon Valley Branch_22
- Hits: 1867
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Description:
After Palmyra, we approach the town of Hershey, PA. East of Derry Road, we see the storage yard for the Hershey Chocolate Company, and at the far right of the diagram, we can see the tracks for the two rows of large cocoa bean silos that are a trademark of this location.
- Lebanon Valley Branch_23
- Hits: 1853
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Description:
Downtown Hershey. The spurs for the bean silos continue at lower left, and the spurs for the original plant are seen at top left. The location of the original depot (the "DY" call sign is believe to have come from the word "Candy!") can be seen here as well. The landmark plant in the center of town was demolished in 2016, as production was moved to other sites.
- Lebanon Valley Branch_25
- Hits: 1967
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Description:
Hummelstown. This small town is the connection to the Middletown & Hummelstown Branch, which connected to the PRR further south in Middletown, and survives to the present day as a tourist railroad.
- Lebanon Valley Branch_26
- Hits: 1805
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Description:
TARA interlocking sits on a concrete bridge over the Swatara Creek. BEAVER interlocking is the eastern end of Rutherford Yard.
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