THE Box THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NORTH CENTRAL REGION, NATIONAL MODEL RAILROAD ASSOCIATION

VOL. 58, NO. 1 SPRING 2017

RAILFANNING Dave Vinci’s

PRR Oak Ridge Branch

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RAILFANNING the PRR OAK RIDGE BRANCH NCR TRACKSIDE

6 the HotBox SPRING 2017

The HotBox crew made its way west, (Div 9 area) to visit the PRR Oak Ridge Branch of Dave Vinci’s. We had quite the time! Left- PRR I1sa # 4638 Eastbound with an Ore Train at Allegheny; PRR 2-10-0 I1sa #4638 Eastbound at Trooper; PRR I1sa #4786 coming out of the engine house onto the turntable at Oak Ridge; FI&S Hot metal Car #36 at Blast Furnace No. 1

Right- PRR I1sa #4638 passing Eastbound through Elverson; Gulph Mills Station; The Frankfort Iron & Steel Blast Furnace No. 1 “Jenny Sarah”

RAILFANNING the PRR OAK RIDGE BRANCH NCR TRACKSIDE

SPRING 2017 the HotBox 7

Left- Boggs & Macon Coal Mine at Drexel Hill on the Foggy Mountain & Western; A group of engines on the tracks leading to the turntable at Oak Ridge; PRR 2-8-2 L1s #4152 arriving westbound at Oak Ridge Yard. Right- FM&W Shay No. 8 at the repair shed in Westchester; The class N5 Cabin Car of the ore train passing UF Tower at Union Furnace; PRR 2-8-0 H9 3417 Exits the tunnel at Frankfort headed West to Oak Ridge; PRR 2-8-0 H8 #1945 with the wreck train at Oak Ridge yard

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PRR

David J. Vinci

Mattawan, MI

HO Scale Model Railroad

DRAWING NO. 1 of 1

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD

FOGGY MOUNTAIN & WESTERN RAILROAD

NKP Interchange

PRR

Revisions:

Construction began 1984

Drawn By: D. J. Vinci Original Drawing DATE: September 19, 2000

Boggs & Macon

Drexel Hill Tunnel

Gulph Mills Station GM Tower

PRR

Coal Mine #1

Oak Tower

Dn

+4"

FM&

W

FM&W

Gulph Mills Station GM Tower

PRR

Coal Mine #1

Oak Tower

Dn

+4"

FM&

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FM&W

Stock YardStock Yard PRR

PRR

Ethyl Chemical Co.

Logging Camp

Carter's Little River Mills

Tower

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 100

Scale in FEET

FM

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FM

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6'-0"

6'-0"

2'-0"

19'-6"

Ingot HandlingOpen Hearth Complex

Frankfort Iron & Steel

High LineSlag Pit

Blast Furnace Office Bldg.

13'-6"

Oak Ridge Yard

Frankfort Iron & Steel

West Tower

Sand House

Coaling Dock

Engine House

Water Tank

Ash Pit & Crane

Franklin Staging

Ice Platform

Frankfort Tunnel

16"d

Union Brass Co

Allegheny Frt Station

Brad's Distillery

Allegheny Frt Station

Oak

Rid

ge T

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23'-0"23'-0"

Cheese & Sandbag Coffee Co.

Allegheny Bearning Co.

24" wide aisle

River

Allegheny Station

Cheese & Sandbag Coffee Co.

Allegheny Bearning Co.

24" wide aisle

River

Allegheny Station

Irun Clock Co.Irun Clock Co.

P. Emch Warehouse

Abbotts Dairy

Colliary

Acme Company

P. Emch Warehouse

Abbotts Dairy

Colliary

Acme CompanyJ. J. Leeper HardwareJ. J. Leeper Hardware

Ben's Scrapyard

Nanty Glo Sheet & Tube

Cherry Street Warehouse

Figit's Cheese

Union Furnace Station

White Furniture CoNanty Glo Sheet & Tube

Cherry Street Warehouse

Figit's Cheese

Union Furnace Station

White Furniture Co

10'-6 1

1/1

6"

Twain TowerTwain TowerTwain Station

S. McFadden Carpet Co.S. McFadden Carpet Co.

Worst Shoe CompanyWorst Shoe Company

Gilman Feedsup

Gilman Feedsup

Stenvik RefractoryStenvik Refractory

Keystone Iron Foundry

Elverson Pass Platform

PRR Freight Station

UN Tower

EV Tower

H. Howitt LithographElverson Coal Co.

H. Howitt LithographElverson Coal Co.

Bhent Petroleum Co.

August 21, 2017

November 11, 2007Team Track Dock

Stock Pen

Westchester Station

Oak Ridge Station

Fahdsworth Steel Castings & Machine Parts

Dublin Tower

FM&W Coaling ShedFM&W Coaling Shed

FM&W Interchange Track

Drexel Hill Station

Trooper Flag StopTrooper Flag Stop

Carter's Mill Station Frankfort Station

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