THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
Great Valley Division
The Great Valley Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad is an imaginary Secondary Line using local place names. It is mainly a freight hauler with nine daily passenger trains, twenty freights, a helper job, two work extras, a high and wide transfer and a yard job. The theme of operations is mainly local work with the main line freights dropping off and picking up cars at Paoli. All locals originate at Paoli and disperse to West Chester, Nutt's Avenue, Devault, Phoenixville and the Main Line to Parkesburg.

Motive power is Brass steam I1's, L1's, K4's, H10's, H9's, H8's, H6sb's, G5s's, B6sb, and a GE250 (doodlebug). All engines are equipped with Soundtraxx Medium Steam Decoders, except the GE250 which has a LokSound decoder. Passenger equipment is made up of Bachmann Spectrum P70's, Bethlehem Car Works B60's and Walthers (P54's and Broadway Limited Cars). The cabins are all brass. Freight cars are mainly Athearn, Model Die Casting, Bowser and Walthers.

North Coast Engineering DCC with 14 radio throttles is the control system. Operation is by card system with multiple destinations for each car on a single card. About 500 cars are shifted during split operating sessions. Approximately 75 wood kits (Campbell, etc. with a few Scratch built) and many of the new Walther's Plastic Buildings improve the layout.
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Click the links below for a pictoral tour of the Pennsylvania Railroad Great Valley Division


Main Line
Philadelphia
Paoli
To Phoenixville Branch <Malvern
Devault
Frazer
> To West Chester Branch
Pickering
Downingtown
Immaculata
Phoenixville
Thorndale
Green Hill
Nutt's Avenue
Coatesville
Fern Hill
Parkesburg
West Chester
Columbia

Layout Map Operator Signup Tower View

View Rail Model Journal Article on the PRR GVD