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Towns and Industries On The CSXT Shenandoah Division
Towns
Towns on the CSXT Shenandoah Division are listed below from north to south.
Passing
sidings are located at towns in italics. Passing siding length in terms
of 55' cars allows for 4 locomotives (24") as well.
| Town |
Passing siding length
(in 55' cars, allowing for 4 locomotives)
|
Passing siding length
(in actual inches) |
Comments |
| Connellsville, Pa. & Winchester, Va. |
-- |
-- |
North end staging yards |
| Covington, Va. |
37 |
193" |
Interchange with Potts Valley Railway (PVRY) |
| Carpenter, Va. |
-- |
-- |
Interchange with Virginia Eastman |
| Ridgemont, Va. |
39 |
202" |
|
| High Meadow, Va. |
-- |
-- |
|
| Shenandoah Junction, Va. |
-- |
-- |
Junction with NS CR&E Division |
| Laurel, Va. |
30 |
149.5" |
|
| New Castle, Va. |
28 |
142.5" |
|
| Abbott, Va. |
-- |
-- |
|
| Catawba, Va. |
38 |
195" |
|
| Hanging Rock, Va. |
-- |
-- |
|
| North Salem, Va. |
91 |
435" |
Double-track from SN Cabin at the north end of North Salem through
SE Cabin at the south end of Salem, Va. |
Salem Terminal Cabins:
MC Cabin
SN Cabin
SX Cabin
RJ Cabin (Roanoke Junction)
SY Cabin (Salem)
SE Cabin (Salem) |
| Roanoke Junction, Va. |
-- |
-- |
Junction with NS CR&E Division |
| Salem, Va. |
-- |
-- |
See North Salem, Va. |
| Wadesboro, N.C. |
-- |
-- |
South end staging yards |
Notes:
The total mainline length from the Connellsville/Winchester staging yard to
the Wadesboro staging yard (not including either yard) is approximately 280
feet, which is about 8.5 scale miles. All passing sidings are at least 30 feet
apart, which is roughly 2 train lengths. (A scale mile is 33 feet long in N
scale.)
The Potts Valley Railway (former CSXT Potts Valley Branch)
interchanges with CSXT at Covington, Va. The Potts Valley Railway (PVRY) runs south
from Covington to
Potts Creek, Va. to serve local industries as noted below in the towns of Glade
Springs and Mill Ridge.
Staging track "slots" are designed to hold a nominal train of 4
locomotives plus 33 55-foot cars, although some "slots" may hold up to
35 55-foot cars.
55-foot cars were chosen as a measurement to allow for a mix of shorter tank
cars and covered hoppers as well as longer automobile parts cars. Coal hoppers
work out to be about 50 feet long, which will allow more hoppers per train.
However, autoracks and piggyback flats are about 95 feet over the couplers. As a
result, intermodal train lengths will most likely be figured in terms of
"platforms" which will still work out to be about 55 feet.
Industries
The on-line businesses on the Shenandoah Division are heavily oriented
towards the forest products and chemical industries, but other industry segments
are represented as well.
| Town |
Industry |
Ships |
Receives |
| Potts Valley Railway: |
Potts Creek, Va.
(PVRY) |
Norfolk Southern |
Interchange traffic |
Interchange traffic |
Mill Ridge, Va.
(PVRY) |
U.S. Silica |
Sand |
-- |
| Glade Springs, Va. (PVRY) |
Walton Furniture Co. |
-- |
Plywood
Veneer
Lumber
Textiles |
| Glade Springs, Va. (PVRY) |
Collins & Aikman |
Auto parts |
Plastics
Textiles
Chemicals |
| |
| |
| CSX Transportation: |
| Covington, Va. |
Blue Ridge Extruders |
-- |
Plastic pellets |
| Covington, Va. |
Wampler Longacre |
-- |
Grain
Feed |
| Covington, Va. |
Westvaco |
Paper products |
Wood chips
Pulpwood
Kaolin
Sulfuric acid
Chlorine
Coal |
| Covington, Va. |
Potts Valley Railway |
Interchange traffic |
Interchange traffic |
| |
| Carpenter, Va. |
Virginia Eastman |
Chemicals |
Coal
Chemicals |
| |
| Ridgemont, Va. |
Old Dominion Forest Industries |
Wood chips |
-- |
| |
| High Meadow, Va. |
Blue Spring Wood Products |
Pulpwood |
-- |
| |
| Laurel, Va. |
Appalachian Power Company (Laurel Plant) |
-- |
Coal |
| Laurel, Va. |
Dixie Plastics & Forming |
-- |
Plastic pellets |
| |
| New Castle, Va. |
Georgia Pacific |
Oriented Strand Board (OSB) |
Wood chips
Resin |
| New Castle, Va. |
Roanoke Cement |
Cement |
-- |
| |
| Abbott, Va. |
Craig Creek Chip Co. |
Wood chips |
-- |
| Abbott, Va. |
Martin Marietta |
Gravel/Ballast |
-- |
| |
| Catawba, Va. |
James River |
Paper products |
Wood chips
Pulpwood
Kaolin
Sulfuric acid
Chlorine
Coal |
| Catawba, Va. |
Valley Feed Co. |
-- |
Feed |
| Catawba, Va. |
Catawba Propane |
-- |
LPG |
| Catawba, Va. |
Alleghany Building Supply |
-- |
Lumber
Plywood
Drywall
Hardboard |
| |
| North Salem, Va. |
CSXT Diesel Shop |
-- |
Diesel fuel
Sand |
| North Salem, Va. |
Science Diet (North Salem Cat Food Plant) |
-- |
Feed |
| North Salem, Va. |
CSX Salem BIDS Terminal |
-- |
Grain
Chemicals
Lumber |
| |
| Salem, Va. |
CSL Salem Intermodal Terminal |
Trailers
Containers |
Trailers
Containers |
| Salem, Va. |
Salem Stamping & Fabricating |
Auto parts
Scrap metal |
Steel plate
Coil steel |
Note: Additions and corrections will be made to the industry list as the layout plan is developed.
This page was last updated on
01/01/11.
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