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Discussion Related to the Reading Company 1833-1976 and it's predecessors Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road and then the Philadelphia and Reading Railway.

Moderator: Franklin Gowen

 #1054745  by R,N, Nelson
 
On the B&O, eastbound tracks were even numbered and westbound tracks were odd. But on the CNJ, it was the exact opposite.

What about the RDG?

Norman
 #1054749  by L&HR C&S
 
Not sure about the Reading, but on most east / west railroads (erie / nysw, ect) track 1 is the north track and track 2 is the south track.
 #1054751  by R,N, Nelson
 
The north track being the one that is north of a second track which would be the south track. If so, the north track would be the westbound, right?

Norman
 #1055410  by ExCon90
 
As far as I know, the CNJ was the only road to use that system of track numbering, while the Reading, B&O, NYC, Erie, and New Haven all used odd numbers for westbound, in keeping with the usual practice for train numbers. Does anybody know why the CNJ did the opposite?