Hi, saw the thread on RYPN that Juniata Valley's turntable was up sale. That brought to my attention is is right next to the Lewistown station where we boarded. At 110 feet, why the extra couple hours travel each was to Enola yard each day?
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The train had to be secured, places for fuel, water, servicing, etc, etc, etc. Probably much easier to do it in Enola (I would think think fuel for diesels, water, etc are already there).
The WHOLE TRAIN had to be turned, not just the locomotive.
We also had to completely service the train each night. Servicing the train includes refilling the water tanks in each car, fuelng the power car diesel generator and "honey-dipping" all the toilet tanks. Nowhere to do all that in Lewistown.
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