Main Line -- Pittsburgh to Chicago

(Anyone have maps of the yards at Canton or Crestline?)

River Branch

Starts at ROCHESTER tower on the Fort Wayne main line. Proceeds west over the Beaver River, then follows right (north, west) bank of the Ohio River.

Wellsville, O., 1957, G.O. 408

Main line relocated. This diagram includes an "X"-shaped PRR "take siding" signal.

YELLOW CREEK, ?, O.

?x?, ?K, 200 dpi

ROCKVILLE, ?, O.

?x?, ?K, 200 dpi

MINGO JCT., Mingo Jct., O.

?x?, ?K, 200 dpi

W&LE (Mfg. Ry.) Crossing, ?, O.

?x?, ?K, 200 dpi

Ends ... .

Bayard Branch

Starts at YELLOW CREEK tower on the River Branch and turns geographically west, proceeding out of the Ohio River valley, through Gould tunnel.

SHALE CROSSOVERS, Summitville, O.

Ref. 5, Sheet 22, 1957; 1888x1030, 27K, 200 dpi

BAYARD, Bayard, O.

Ref. 5, Sheet 23, 1957; 2852x2068, 92K, 200 dpi

Junction of the east-west Bayard Branch with the north-south Tuscarawas Secondary track. North, this track proceeds to C&P CROSSING, in Alliance, on the Fort Wayne main line. South, this track was called the Tuscarawas secondary as far as DJ, M.P. 28.8 from BAYARD; then as the Dover Secondary Track (with mileposts starting at 103.7), crossing the Panhandle main at TOWN, to FA at M.P. 58.7; then as the Marietta Branch to Marietta, Ohio, on the Ohio River, M.P. 0.

Rejoins the Fort Wayne main line at FAIRHOPE, east of Canton, on a flyover.

South Massillon Branch

Starts at ...

MASSILLON CROSSING, Massillon, O.

1881x1021, 26K, 200dpi; Ref. 5, Sheet 12

Automatic interlocking controlling the crossing of a joint W&LE-B&O track with the PRR South Massillon Branch and other W&LE and B&O trackage. The junction with the Fort Wayne main line is just east of the 22R home signal for M&C JUNCTION, as shown on that map.

West Seneca Branch

West Seneca Br., 1968, G.O. 417

Technically Penn Central, but still within the PRR Employee Timetable, as a new ETT was not published until sometime after April 28 of this year.