Danville Jct. Snapshot 11-28-10

"Diamonds aren't forever"

It's been almost exactly two months since I last stopped to take pictures at Danville Jct. The changes were startling. Many things in the works last time are now nearly finished. Black Cat Rd. is now a one track crossing with the switch moved west past the road.

Diamonds are not forever. The diamond has been replaced with a straight piece on the PAR main and the SLR's former main now ends behind the sheds at a stop marker, though the track is still in place to the former diamond. I spotted the missing signals first thing. The SLR is supposed to end up with a three track stub yard behind the sheds. They appear to be in place with only the old switch and main track beyond.

The new SLR main now glides through a nice new S-curve and joins up on what is now the PAR siding or former main. The track goes over the crossing where the old GRS shack used to be and joins before the track curved over the diamond. Track is all in place an appears to have been well used already. I haven't checked the usual listservs in a while, so it's my own fault I didn't know this yet.

I can only guess that the other end of the interchange yard is in the same state of finished. It appears that there's just some ballast work and cleanup left to be done at the village end of things. I hear the track is in place at the far end but I haven't ventured (trespassed) to go see it. Mainly, I think I'd just like to know how the layout works. Maybe when the SLR goes down to Deering one day, I'll follow along to see how they do it.

BC