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Pennsy & Reading Railroads
Mt. Carmel/PRR-LV & Locust Gap/RDG
Locust Gap is the easternmost town of the Reading main line from Williamsport to Reading PA on the layout. The principal industry is a coal breaker that is served by a number of local coal mines (3 on the layout). There are also a handful of local businesses that are served by the Reading.
Reading freight is served by the local Shamokin based eastbound local turn.
Mt. Carmel is the end of the PRR branch. It includes the interchange tracks with the Lehigh Valley for the Erie PA/Beth. Steel ore trains. The PRR local freight “turns” at Mt. Carmel with interchange with the Lehigh Valley.
The towns of Mt. Carmel/Locust Gap are at the end of the layout. Reading trains proceed east from Locust Gap through the wall partition and then to lower level staging via Helix #2. Westbound trains enter Locust Gap via Helix #2.
Lehigh Valley Ore & Peddler freights enter/exit the layout at Mt. Carmel to/from staging via Helix #2.
PRR terminates/turns at Mt. Carmel.
PRR branch line
westbound (lower level) from Mt. Carmel to Shamokin
RDG main line west (upper level) from Locust Gap toward Shamokin
Phil/RDG mine #3 and RDG coal marshall yard at Locust Summit
RDG main (upper) at
Locust Gap; it includes local manufacturers and anthracite coal breaker
operation
PRR main and interchange tracks (lower) with the LV
