Welcome to the Jersey subdivision of Norfolk Southern

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The Jersey subdivision is a coal, freight and intermodal operation but make no mistake, coal is king here.  This subdivision has been under major construction for a few years.  The Jersey Subdivision is built upon a two level layout,  with the lower level being a staging facility. 

Here is the current track plan: (Click on thumbnail to see larger view)  

10/8/2006 - (the upper level file has been modified)  Click here to see prior versions

    Upper Level                             Lower Level
 upper level rev10.jpg (51912 bytes)                  lower level rev5.jpg (46200 bytes)

                                                          Scenery work is in high gear

     

Construction Updates

6/17/2009 - The crew made the trek to Altoona and Horseshoe Curve.  Click here to see the adventure.

5/8/2009 Another repaint job is completed by the locomotive crew.

3/23/2009 The locomotive crew finishes repainting a Southern Pacific C44-9W to Norfolk Southern roadname.

1/18/2009 A few new locomotives show up from other Class 1 railroads.  The electrical crew also adds push-button controls for the staging areas

8/24/2008 The electrical crew finishes building the control panel and installing the stationary controllers for the staging area.

7/19/2008 Some new Maxi IV intermodal freight cars arrive

6/14/2008 The electrical crew adds DCC and Sound to a P2K SD60 unit

6/7/2008  The electrical crew comes back to work and completes an updated high current design, version 1.5, of the decoder adapter and builds a unit for the Jersey Subdivision.

 

Earlier construction photos

Check back regularly.  Now that construction has resumed, updates will be posted more regularly.

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