Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-28

the city as we'll as big advantage to
the travelling public.
Story of Enola
The story of Enola is also part Of
Harrisburg's railroad history. Janu-
airy II, 1905, the Enola yard, which
at that time was considered the most
up to date in the world, was opened
for business. At that time we had in
our westbound yard 10 receiving tracks
with a capacity of 80 cars each and
II classifying tracks with capacity
of 100 cars each. Our eastbound yard
consisted of 10 receiving tracks with a
capacity of 80 cars each and the solid
yard and eastbound classifying yard
with capacity of 1000 cars.
AT this time the shops were located
at the extreme west end of the yard
with a capacity of about 100 cars.
The engine house, one of the largest
at that time in the world, has a
capacity of "A stalls for engines. The
coal wharf and ash pits were also
up to date.
During 1906 676,457 cars were han
die eastbound and 577.060 cars were
handled westbound. or a total of
1,25S,517 cars. About September,
1905, the new shops where they are
now located were finished and ready
| for service with q capacity of 400 cars.
1 l1uliu6 1JuO Tile pdilt lOCdJSu at
| the extreme east end of the yard, was
| finished with eight tracks having a
capacity of ten cars to each track and
ready for use.
During 1906 one receiving track
with capacity of 90 cars and six
classifying tracks with - capacity of
| l3O cars each were added to the west
| bound yard making the capacity OF
this yard nearly 5000 cars. During
this year the paint shop was enlarged
to double its capacity.
1 During 1907 S36,199 cars were han
| died eastbound and 743, sos cars were
! handled westbound, or q total of
| 1,579,So7 cars, this being the record
year.
January I, 1905, the Marysville
yards were closed and the freight from
the north and west for the Baltimore
| division and cars from the Baltimore
! division were run into Enola yard.
/ Later high-class freight was trans
| ferred from Harrisburg TO Marysville
and is now handled there.
! During 1912, about May /, an addi-
tional classifying track was added to
the eastbound yard with capacity of
| 40 cars making the capacity of the
! eastbound yard about $500 cars.
| The Enola yard has since been en-.
larged and improved
| Freight handling in Harrisburg and
| vicinity has become a matter OF
science. The Pennsylvania alone In
its Harrisburg, and Enola yards has a
| sum total of 230 miles of track avail
| able for instant use.- Unnecessary, two
freight trains stretching from Harris.
burg to Philadelphia could be har-
bored within these yards, with enough
| room left over to accommodate one
stretching from here to Middletown.
! This capacity divided between Enola
and Harrisburg gives the newer yards
about 80 miles of track and the Har.
| risburg yards q total of nearly l5(
miles. A total of 10000 cars could
be stored in the local yards, with
actual moving and handling power fol
over half that many daily. A tota
of 5000 can easily be handled in the
Enola yards, while there is storage
room for many more. The yards OF
this city extend from below Lochfe
to Marysville and are divided into si,
sections.
The Reading
Fifteen years ago the Reading Rail.
road did not figure much in the bust.
ness affairs of Harrisburg. True. IL,
well-known Peipher Line did a goot
service in bringing fast freight ship
ments in promptly from Philadelphia
and points to the east, but aside from
that 1t didn't count for much. 1T
local equipment consisted of a yer,