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On the track heading east from downtown Lewistown, PA, exiting the pavement, the rail reduces to presumably the original rail size.
Appears thathis track is not often used.
The track now ends at Joe Krentzman & Son Scrap Metal Company.
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Private drive with their own (o)T(o) on the left approaching the track?
(This was often done at grade crossings with a single wig-wag signal. If on your side of the track the signal was on your left. If beyond the track, it was on your right.)
Norfolk Southern locomotive cab [9748] at Krentzman & Son. Was [9748] in a wreck?
As a little boy, when parents wereturning from grandparent's home, 173 Pannebaker Avenue, Lewistown, heading west on E. Water Street I was excited to see a steam locomotive approaching from behind! It was probably from the track above.
Knowing my fascination with trains, my father should have pulled over to allow us (me) to watch the locomotive.
Apparently he was taking US22 west to return to Pittsburgh. Along the route I remember the town of Water Street.
We often install 136RE rail in the crossings even though the rest of the railroad is 115RE. It helps distribute the load better. Maintenance in a crossing is difficult, so we do whatever we can to make them last. Another upgrade is invisible. We often do an asphalt underlay. Pave what looks like a road under the crossing. Then we put ballast on that and build the track like normal. Why do that? It helps make the subgrade stiffer.
