Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion

Hmm… If that’s the amount of room they got then I see two ways of doing this.

Option 1: Thread the needle between the JCPL property and what I assume is a gas meter box, following the old PRR line to Gold Lumber and connect it there.

Option 2: Have the south wye switch built beyond the to two areas there, skirt the Republic Services property, then turn slightly to meet the existing tracks.

Since they already cleared from Southard Ave straight to Railroad Ave, they’ll probably go for the former.

The problem is there are guy wires in the way between the sub station and the sewer station . They do not appear to be making any attempt to clear the ROW by the JCP&L property , there is a pile of survey stakes near the end of the existing track

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Sewage. There's another one by the Gold's lumber car stop. And if they do it they will need to thread that needle to get a decent turn radius.

And they're not going to do anything until it is surveyed and marked out. They're not into expensive mistakes.

I doubt C&D would want "thread any needles" if they plan on hauling heavier 286k cars through here (i.e. longer wheelbase rolling stock) If I were in their position, I would do Option 1 as mentioned above so you can make a more gradual curve to, plus it's a hair shorter in distance for rail material to make. Seems like a win win there.

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Option 2*

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If they cleared the section where the old diamond approach is, that is where they are building the wye, and that area isn't between JCP&L and the pump station

@CR2721 I’m not exactly sure if my drawings correctly show the amount of rail they would build in regards to length. I was just trying to show how they could do it. I used google earth which just gave me the length of the line I drew. Tried to draw it as wide as I could because that’s what C&D calls for in their track standards. Google earth doesn’t do curved lines.

I don’t think we will see any cars longer than the 73 foot centerbeams we see regularly.

Bracdude181 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 09, 2023 1:22 pm I don’t think we will any cars longer than the 73 foot centerbeams we see regularly.

It's in the best interest of the railroad to keep that an option, in case someone wants it in the future.

Maybe. Thing is there aren’t many cars longer than that besides certain flatbeds and those MONSTER auto parts boxcars you see sometimes.

Perhaps this will help us visualize what they want to do or have in mind?

http://chesapeakeanddelaware.com/images ... ndards.pdf

Option 1. I'm sure JCPL can find a way to relocate the one guywire and the turn radius is better.

R&DB wrote: ↑Thu Feb 09, 2023 2:34 pm Option 1. I'm sure JCPL can find a way to relocate the one guywire and the turn radius is better.

There are actually quite a few guy wires. Video--- https://photos.app.goo.gl/Z6jy4QbZtR5AKfcC6

There are markouts in the grass in this video that could be the borders of a proposed right of way between the sewage pump station and the guy wire anchors. It could just fit between these markouts. They would need to raise the triplex power lead to the pump station though.

From the Southard ave end. Grubbing going on at the diamond track . Video- https://photos.app.goo.gl/2fy2X2z9fb6meo9JA

Looks like the clearing curves left ever so slightly. Guess they’ll go for option two? They’ll have to swing the turn a bit wide though. Will pretty sharp if it cuts right across…


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Passed by there around 2 PM, noticed them working there. Did not notice the markouts. Guess that's the way it's gonna go.