Schedules

I guess during my period of enforced waiting I should work on something else. How about the challenge of a schedule. I haven't looked for Passenger schedules yet but they should be easy enough to find. In the 1950s the PRSL was still required to keep commuter trains going. That meant several towards Philadelphia in the morning and several south in the evening (multiple routes and connections at Woodbury). The Atlantic City and "racetrack special" (Atlantic City Racetrack) routes did not run on the lines through Woodbury.

The Woodbury routes were supported by Baldwin diesels and 1 to 3 Pennsy P70 heavyweight coaches each. I have plenty of them. I believe most of the Doodlebugs were gone by the 50's. (I have one just in case). In the early 50s, the PRSL acquired 12 Budd RDC-1's  (see the Aug. 1, 2011 blog). I have 4 to support that role.

Turning to freight schedules, it gets a little murky. The nearest schedule I can find was in the Kramer PRSL book and it covers 1974.

Adding notes from John Acton. a block operator in the early 1970s, I have come up with the following:

The crews worked 14 hour shifts.

Bulson 22a (?) worked Camden to Westville (Texaco) to Camden

WY33,4 (6:45am) to Millville - direct run, no stops

WY 840,1 (10:45am) to Pedricktown - full shift, all stops along the way

WY79,80 (2:45pm) to Paulsboro - John has this going to Glassboro instead of Paulsboro! - worked Woodbury & Glassboro  ???

WY846,7 (4:45pm) to Thorofare - I assume this did the Shell chemical facility in Thorofare (and all stops?)

WY 842,3 (11:15pm) to Carney's point (DuPont) (11PM to 8 AM) full shift all stops along the way

WY50,51 (5:00pm) ran between Salem and Woodbury

WY379,80 (11:59am) did not come north to Woodbury; Bridgeton to Glassboro & back (off layout)

WY350,1  (7:00pm) Millville to Dorchester, Manumuskin and back (off layout)

The Reading Modelers internet site contains the 1954 Freight Shippers Guide (http://www.readingmodeler.com/modules.php?name=FSG&op=fsg_station&bid=64&branch_name=Main Line) which contains all the customers for the PRSL , the commodities they received and where they received it (town, and private spur or team track).

Not definitive but a great start.