by Schuylkill Valley
Conrail own it yes. Here is the photo's of the cut on it's way out of town , it's really over grown.
looking at the rock cut going out of the St Clair yard head to Frackville,PA
Len.
Here is a quote from RCT&HS member Steve Gilbert about St. Clair Yard.
I copied this from Railfan.net
" Saint Clair was the major coal shipping yard for the Rdg. It had a shop for repair of coal hopper cars (still standing, in use by some other business).
The coal trains were switched there after coming from other yards, such as Cressona, or from Saint Nick over the mountain.
But by the mid to late 1950's (your era to model) coal was no longer "king" and the business was on a downward spiral. The real busy period would be before the Mahanoy Plane was shut down in the 30's, actually before the great depression, when times were good and the Anthracite industry was at its peak.
Saint Clair yard lasted into Conrail, but was not busy by then, since the flood in the 50's damaged the Frackville grade and that business then was routed to Saint Nick, and east or west from there.
Tamaqua yard is still in use today, although 1 main and 3 yard tracks is a far cry from what it was, too."
looking at the rock cut going out of the St Clair yard head to Frackville,PA
Len.
Here is a quote from RCT&HS member Steve Gilbert about St. Clair Yard.
I copied this from Railfan.net
" Saint Clair was the major coal shipping yard for the Rdg. It had a shop for repair of coal hopper cars (still standing, in use by some other business).
The coal trains were switched there after coming from other yards, such as Cressona, or from Saint Nick over the mountain.
But by the mid to late 1950's (your era to model) coal was no longer "king" and the business was on a downward spiral. The real busy period would be before the Mahanoy Plane was shut down in the 30's, actually before the great depression, when times were good and the Anthracite industry was at its peak.
Saint Clair yard lasted into Conrail, but was not busy by then, since the flood in the 50's damaged the Frackville grade and that business then was routed to Saint Nick, and east or west from there.
Tamaqua yard is still in use today, although 1 main and 3 yard tracks is a far cry from what it was, too."