Eastern Railroad Discussion > Allentown Yard.

Has anyone heard anyting about Allentown Yard being shut down and all classification being sent to Enola? Someone on a FB page called Allentown Chronicals said he heard Allentown Yard was being shut down. I think their full of bad coal.

Doubtful.

I passed both yards recently, and commented on how empty Enola looked. And that Allentown looked pretty good, maybe half full.

There are a lot of local shippers in the Allentown area.

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There have been rumors floating for the last several weeks about it. Yet they appear to be just that, rumors. Allentown has always been an oddity to those down south who look at a map and go why send freight there. At this point I wouldn't believe anything until I see it happen.

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Without the connector ever having been built near Camp Hill, switching classification from Allentown to Enola is a great way to bring gridlock to the entire Harrisburg terminal.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/16/19 21:19 by bioyans.

Quite a few locals work out of Allentown.  So it will never be shut down completely.  At worst, it would stop being a terminal for road trains,
How many road trains originate/terminate there now?

 

Those rumors would pop up from time to time since early Conrail days. I wouldn't take them to heart.

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pdt Wrote:
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> Quite a few locals work out of Allentown.  So it
> will never be shut down completely.  At worst, it
> would stop being a terminal for road trains,
> How many road trains originate/terminate there
> now?

The following are the road trains and locals that originate, terminate, and work at both Allentown and Enola yards: 

•Allentown Yard
10N Conway, PA - Allentown, PA
11K Allentown, PA - Elkhart, IN
15T Allentown, PA - Birmingham, AL
16N Conway, PA - Allentown, PA
16T Birmingham, AL - Allentown, PA
18G Allentown, PA - Oak Island, NJ
30A Enola, PA - Allentown, PA
32A Allentown, PA - Croxton, NJ
33K Croxton, NJ - Allentown, PA
34A Allentown, PA - Enola, PA
35Q Allentown, PA - Linwood, NC
36Q Linwood, NC - Allentown, PA 
36T Buffalo, NY - Allentown, PA 
37T Allentown, PA - Buffalo, NY
38G Allentown, PA - Pavonia, NJ 
39G Pavonia, NJ - Allentown, PA
H09 Allentown, PA switcher Tu
H11 Allentown, PA Works between Emmaus and Bethlehem
H60 Allentown, PA switcher Th
H65 Allentown, PA - Phillipsburg, NJ
H66 Allentown, PA - Packerton Jct, PA turn 
H68 Allentown, PA - Reading, PA turn 
H71 Allentown, PA - Belvidere, NJ turn
H74 Allentown, PA - Royce, NJ turn
H75 Allentown, PA - Stockertown, PA turn
H76 Allentown, PA - Three Bridges, NJ turn
K07 Allentown, PA - Reading, PA turn Tu  

•Enola Yard
10G Conway, PA - Enola, PA
11J Doremus, NJ - Enola, PA autos
11V Enola, PA - Bellevue, OH
11Z East Binghamton, NY - Enola, PA
12G Conway, PA - Enola, PA
12R Linwood, NC - Enola, PA
13R Enola, PA - Linwood, NC
14R Enola, PA - East Binghamton, NY
27N Enola, PA - Sterling Heights, MI autos
30A Enola, PA - Allentown, PA 
33A Baltimore, MD - Enola, PA 
34A Allentown, PA - Enola, PA
35A Enola, PA - Conway, PA
36A Enola, PA - Edgemoor, DE
37A Edgemoor, DE - Enola, PA
38A Enola, PA - Baltimore, MD
H15 Enola, PA - York Haven, PA turn
H19 Lancaster, PA - Enola, PA turn
H32 Enola, PA switcher Th-Sa
H53 Northumberland, PA - Enola, PA turn 
H77 Enola, PA extra switcher
H95 Enola, PA - York, PA turn 

Andrew



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/17/19 07:26 by florida581.

Conrail shut down Enola once. Took out the retarders. That didn't work. Conrail re-profiled the hump with one retarder and cars were rolling out the west end of the bowl. Conrail installed skid retarders to keep the cars in the bowl!
so i doubt that Allentown would shut dowm. Maybe Enola.
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