by ctclark1
In some searches here I've seen it come up that charts or blueprints showing the old 4-tracked NYC main are (understandably) hard to come by, but I figured it couldn't hurt to ask here as a few nights of searching google and known NYC historical sites have come up empty still...
I'm looking for track layouts when the main was still 4 tracks. I know it used the 2-1-3-4 numbering but I'm mostly looking for the control points and extra siding locations back in the days when all 4 tracks existed, primarily through what is now the Rochester sub (Syracuse to Buffalo). As of now the oldest I can come up with was a track chart from the PC era after 3/4 had already been pulled up, so it doesn't show the configuration of 1/3 and 3/4 crossovers within the CPs or what extra sidings may have existed that weren't simply converted from tracks 3 or 4 as most of the controlled sidings nowadays appear to be (case in point - based on spacing of the Chili Jct CS (380-382) it was clearly converted from Trk3 when 3/4 were pulled).
If anyone has ideas that'd be awesome! Thanks!
I'm looking for track layouts when the main was still 4 tracks. I know it used the 2-1-3-4 numbering but I'm mostly looking for the control points and extra siding locations back in the days when all 4 tracks existed, primarily through what is now the Rochester sub (Syracuse to Buffalo). As of now the oldest I can come up with was a track chart from the PC era after 3/4 had already been pulled up, so it doesn't show the configuration of 1/3 and 3/4 crossovers within the CPs or what extra sidings may have existed that weren't simply converted from tracks 3 or 4 as most of the controlled sidings nowadays appear to be (case in point - based on spacing of the Chili Jct CS (380-382) it was clearly converted from Trk3 when 3/4 were pulled).
If anyone has ideas that'd be awesome! Thanks!