Just before Trenton along the CSX line there is a branch that goes south for a mile or so. It leaves the main on a wye just after the main crosses Parkway Ave. Anyone know if this branch is still used? The rails look pretty bad but there are xing flashers along the line. I think this was the coal spur for the Trenton Insane Asylum for coal deliveries to the powerhouse. I don't know if there are any other customers. Any info would be appreciated.
Following the branch south more even in the 1970s it looks like it continued much further than it does today. It went thru several warehouse/industrial parks and there were spurs everywhere. Then it went thru Trenton down the middle of a street. There were box cars spotted here and there. There was a large rail yard along Rt 1 where Olden Ave goes overhead. Then the branch connected via another wye the NEC just north of the Trenton station. Looks like it was a busy industrial branch back in the 40s-70s with cars spotted everywhere.
Now the row is built on as a road or highway.
So basically this line went from the NEC just north of Trenton station to West Trenton CSX line.
Following the branch south more even in the 1970s it looks like it continued much further than it does today. It went thru several warehouse/industrial parks and there were spurs everywhere. Then it went thru Trenton down the middle of a street. There were box cars spotted here and there. There was a large rail yard along Rt 1 where Olden Ave goes overhead. Then the branch connected via another wye the NEC just north of the Trenton station. Looks like it was a busy industrial branch back in the 40s-70s with cars spotted everywhere.
Now the row is built on as a road or highway.
So basically this line went from the NEC just north of Trenton station to West Trenton CSX line.
Last edited by carajul on Wed Jan 28, 2015 3:32 pm, edited 1 time in total.