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Drawings & Maps - Erie Railroad - Port Jervis, New York area
Several years ago the Society was given a set of original maps and drawings of the Erie Railroad's properties and facilities in the City of Port Jervis. Through the generosity of William Doyle, a member of the Society, we were able to reproduce these drawings and are now pleased to offer copies of them for sale, the first time they have been available to the general public. The descriptions, sizes and dates are all listed below. The maps are black line prints in which the details are printed in black ink on a white background.
"The printing of these drawings and maps is a major new source of information for railroad historians, rail fans, modelers, layout planners and those who just are fascinated by these kinds of drawings. I have a complete set hanging behind my large layout in the basement of my home. They are incredibly detailed and an excellent source of information if a modeler were trying to recreate an engine terminal. The drawings clarify how yards work, and where the signals and switches were. They are of good quality and easily readable." The late James Browning, President, Tri-State Railway Preservation Society
Port Jervis Engine Terminal Drawing
Title: Erie Railroad Company: Proposed installation of automatic oil-fired boilers and changes to roundhouse #A-7024.
Size: 77" by 30"
(16.04 sq. ft.)
Date: March 7, 1950, Revised
April 14, 1950
Content: This drawing depicts Erie trackage from just west of the Pike Street underpass to just west of the West Main Street bridge, including the roundhouse and all service trackage and structures. Several elevation views of the roundhouse, with architectural details and notes, are shown as well.
Port Jervis/Sparrowbush Right of Way
and Track Maps
Title: Right of way and track map. Erie Railroad Company #V-3-NY-1 Note: This map has 5 sheets with the same titles, dates, and sizes are identified with differing numbers.
Size: 56" by 24"
(9.33 sq ft.)
Date: June 30, 1918
Content: Depicted is trackage from milepost (MP) 86 to mp 87, 3800' up the grade east of BC interlocking, across the Neversink River to a point about 350' west of mp 87 (near present day Texas Lunch).
Content: First #V-3-NY-2: This drawing shows trackage from mp 87 to 150 east of mp 88 and includes the Port Jervis Erie Depot and coach yards, engine service area and roundhouse, and the yards on the south side of the main line.
Content: Second #V-3-NY-2b: Encompassing the same ground distance and essentially the same trackage, this second version reflects reductions of roundhouse stalls and south yard trackage. The planned-for Pike Street underpass is also detailed more clearly.
Content: #V-3-NY-3: Depicting the west yard from milepost 88 westward to the curve east of the River Road underpass, this drawing includes the hump and the east- and west-bound classification yards.
Content: V-3-NY-4: Trackage from the west yard curve and milepost 89 is shown extending to the end of the Port Jervis yards at Sparrowbush Brook and Eddy Farm drive.
Port Jervis Engine Terminal Drawing
Turntable Roundhouse Drawing #A-7024, Blackline print $25.95
(includes shipping & tube)
Port Jervis/Sparrowbush Right of Way and Track Maps
Complete set of Drawings of Port Jervis facilities #V-3-NY-1, #V-3-NY-2, #V-3-NY-2b, #V-3-NY-3, V-3-NY-4 Blackline $59.95
(includes shipping & tube)
Railroad Books
NEW HARPER'S NEW YORK & ERIE GUIDE - This reproduction of the 1851 guide of the-just-completed Erie Railroad will be of great value for those with an interest in railroading and also for those wanting to see what life was like in the Delaware Valley region in the mid-19th century. MVHS016 $12.95
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Minisink Valley Historical Society, Sales Dept., PO Box 659, Port Jervis, NY 12771
