Shenango, PA: Bruin (SC) Tower: Pennsy vs. Erie and NS/Pennsy Railyard

Tower: (Satellite, the Pennsy route has been abandoned.)

Railyard: (Satellite)

The Pennsy route, instead of the Erie route, was abandoned through here. So who got the Erie route?

Darren Reynolds posted five images with the comment:

Conrails (Ex-PRR)

"Bruin" (SC) tower

Shenango, Pennsylvania 

This tower is no longer standing

Tim Shanahan shared

1

"Bruin" tower was a the crossing of the PRR And the Erie Lackawanna at a diamond or diamonds... This picture is looking [timecard East] down the Erie Lackawanna mainline...

Photo by the Chip Syme Collection

2

The Dimonds at "Bruin" tower on May of 1980 Note: No Conrail sign for the tower..

Photo by: Scott Wertans

3
A track and interlocking diagram and interlocking machine information for "Bruin" tower
[I used a 1:250,000 scale topo map to determine that, for Erie, North on the map is east on the timetable.]

4

Looking down the Erie's main line at "Bruin" tower in

June of 1963..Note: That beautiful pipeline!!

Photo by: Jim Scott

[Another demonstration that signaling pipelines can bend.]

5

Yellow "Bruin" tower in May of 1980 still no sign on this Side of the tower???

Photo by: Scott Wertans

[The signaling pipelines are still present in 1980. Are they still being used.]

According to a Google Maps label, NS got the interchange yard between Pennsy and the B&LE. B&LE has the much larger railyard up in Greenville.

1958 Sharpsville and Greensville West Quads @ 24,000

Apr 1, 1955 @ 25,000; AR1VIF000010157