Eastern Railroad Discussion > Speaking of the Strasburg RR

I have a question regarding the Strasburg interchanging with NS.  Being only 4.5 miles long what type of commodities do they procure and from where?  Looking at a map of the area I see nothing but farms. Thanks
Rich S 

A quick serach of the Strasburg Railroad web site details their freight service

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Marty Harrison
Knob Noster, MO

richs Wrote:
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> I have a question regarding the Strasburg
> interchanging with NS.  Being only 4.5 miles long
> what type of commodities do they procure and from
> where?  Looking at a map of the area I see
> nothing but farms. Thanks
> Rich S 

The last time I was there about 3 years ago I noticed a transload facility close to their shops in Strasburg.

livesteamer Wrote:
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> A quick serach of the Strasburg Railroad web site
> details their freight service
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> Posted from Android

Thanks... I must be brain dead today!
Rich

Based on what I’ve seen on the VR railcam; they are handling center beams of lumber; some sort of animal feed supplements that arrives in covered hoppers and something in boxcars - no idea what that is but, could also be lumber. The last time I rode the Strasburg; they were also loading out some of those high side scrap gons.

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They do a pretty decent scrap business, little transload area is perfect for their local business and
their increase in freight business bears that out.

Out

Take a Google Earth flyover Strasburg, PA to see the layout of the yard, station and outlying buildings which show the transload lot.

James R.(Jim) Baker
Whittier, CA

What happened to the plastics company in town?

I believe they are going to open a new transload center just north of the rt 30 overpass at their interchange track. They purchased some land and a building on site . The track stub ends currently at the property. Good to see them increasing capacity. --- Ken 

The Strasburg RR's freight business has grown considerably and is rather busy now.  They have a transload facility across the tracks from their engine house and some days it sees a lot of truck and railcar activity.  They don't mind you taking photos, just stay off the tracks and away from the trucks.

These shots were taken in May 2018.  

Transferring bulk commodity from truck to covered hopper

Switching the transload facility with their EMD switcher

Heading east down the Strasburg main towards their interchange point with NS at Leaman Place.

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