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Re: Deshler Northwest Wye Removal?
Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2023 8:24 am
by DaveO
chapmaja wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 10:27 pm
What is the purpose the of the wye running so far north before connecting to the main. This is over a mile long (per the post above), wye track. I don't think they would remove the wye, but would they consider connecting it to the N-S line between Main St and Maple St remove a mile of track which honestly seems redundant to have in place?
just how the historical track layout there progressed through removals.
check out the sanborn and topo maps.
edit: to over simplify, it was a siding and the connection back to the main by the diamond was removed.
Re: Deshler Northwest Wye Removal?
Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2023 4:54 pm
by BnOEngr
The long stretch is formerly the northwest siding. The south switch was just north of the diamond. The NW Wye switch off the NW siding was a hand-throw until the 1990s when Deshler's plant was modernized. In the zeal of eliminating trackage, the south switch was removed, essentially making the track a long wye.
Re: Deshler Northwest Wye Removal?
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2023 11:41 pm
by Y@
Scooby DR TM 3194 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 2:42 am
Fostoria's C&O is an EAST/ WEST DOUBLE MAIN not a North/ South SINGLE Main.... CSX RULES All Double Mains East/ West, Single Mains North/ South (example Toledo Sub in Deshler and Toledo Branch at Galatea)
Uhhhh, nope.