Spring Switches

There is a spring switch on the track leading to Heritage Minerals off of the unused portion of the Southern Secondary or somewhere in that vicinity. I saw it once a while back while hiking through the woods, so I do not remember its exact location. I definitely know they are still in use on the Strasburg Railroad, however that is in Pennsylvania.

Even though its in New York State, Norfolk Southern's Southern Tier line north/west of Port Jervis i think uses mainly spring switches.

There are a couple more spring switches NEAR New Jersey: Septa's R5 Doylestown branch has spring switches for the passing siding on its single track line.

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The Septa Media line from 69th St, Upper Darby PA has a spring switch near the outermost part of the line where the line goes from Private ROW to the last portion of the run down from Baltimore Pike to Main St. in Media.

Bob, Do you have a close-up picture of a spring switch?

I believe the spring switches on the Erie line were installed when the EL single tracked the line in the early 70's.

David wrote:Bob, Do you have a close-up picture of a spring switch?

No