Does anyone here who knows,if Peensylvania RR did or does have right or left traffic on the railroad?
I`m talking about timeperiod between 1900-1970.
agge [?]
I think that the PRR ran right-handed, as did (and do) the majority of US and Canadian roads.
Wasn’t the Chicago & Northwestern one of the few exceptions. I believe I read that somewhere a long time ago.
Judging by the current RR’s in the Philadelphia area, and on my own memories, I would have to say the Pennsy ran right handed
Oh, I can only speak about 1970-the present though…lol
Most US railroads run right handed. Notable exceptions are C&NW and DM&IR. Several other lines are left hand running due to grades(seperated main lines), like the AT&SF over Cajon and the CB&Q-Milw joint line between St Croix Tower and St Paul.
Jim
The PRR ran right-handed, but built their locomotives left-lead (left side rods 90 degrees in front of right siderods.) The reason I was told was that the leading rods pounded the track and roadbed harder, and the master mechanics at Altoona wanted that to happen at the center of double-track roadbed, rather than at the outer edge.
Since I don’t own any PRR locos, I can’t say whether the models followed suite.
Chuck
In must cases and in all reality to the right!
Didn’t the AT&SF line cross over/under itself at Victorville and return to right hand running after cresting the summit of Cajon Pass.
Thanks for all the answers!
I was asking so,because was wondering how to placement signals side by of the tracks!
In Sweden,we have left running in the traffic but also sometimes right running,depends how traffic has become!
agge [:D]
Several railroads have/had stretches of left-hand operation, but only a few actually had the whole RR run left handed. Duluth Missabe & Iron Range and Chicago & NorthWestern were two (as already mentioned).
Oddly enough, C&NW subsidiary RR C.St.P.M.&O. (the “Omaha Road”) ran right-handed, so I assume some trains like the 400 would have started in Chicago on the CNW on the lefthand main, then when moving onto Omaha road tracks, switched over (somewhere in Wisconsin) to the right hand on their way to Minneapolis/St.Paul Minnesota.
I remember seeing a letter to MR that smoeone noticed this difference on some of his PRR vs. non-PRR steamers. So, in some cases, yes.
Brad