Warehousing

In January 1870, the PRR completed a new grain warehouse north of Market Street in West Philadelphia. PRR had built its Washington Street grain elevator on the Chicago plan of storing different grains together by grade, while the Philadelphia custom was to store each lot separately; the grain warehouse is designed so that each carload may be kept in a separate bin. We model the granary industry using a modern plant and major supplier, ADM. A photo of our model of the modern Market Street grain elevator  on NW Track4 is shown here:

Other models on the Keystone Division follow below:

Warehouses in northwest Philadelphia are used by multiple industries on two service tracks. NW Track 2 is on the left. The right NW Track1 services the North Phila Depot and Post Office. Warehouse on NW Track 3 is the left track shown below. The right NW Track 4 services the granary.

The ABC Warehouse on NW Track2 is shown here:

The LaSalle Warehouse on NW Track 3 is shown here:

The shared team track,NW Track1, Freight Depot and Warehouse for North Philadelphia is shown here:

The East Williamsport warehouse is shown here:

Scranton warehouses are serviced here:

across from the team track stub

and along the alternate track.

The Tunkhannock warehouses are shown below:

The  Hershey Chocolate warehouse is here:

Warehouses are owned or leased by busineinesses a variety of industries. We model buyers and sellers of food, clothing, furniture, appliance, electronic, tool, .... products that stage these products in warehouses troughout the regions they serve.

The specific businesses that buy or sell goods requiring railside warehouses are still under development. Examples of businesses using rail warehouse include:

Safeway Distribution Center - Baltimore, MD via Interchange

Home Depot Distribution Center - Pittston near Scranton, PA

Sears Distribution Center - Fairless Hills near Phila, PA

Southern States Distribution Center - Richmond, Va via Interchange

Nepa Carton & Carrier Co., Inc. - Moosic, PA

Quaker Chemical - Conshohocken, PA

Gould Pumps - Ashland, PA

Clover Farms Dairy - Reading, PA

Lowes Regonal Distribution Center - Pottsville, PA

Walmart Distribution Center - Woodlawn near State College between Titusville and Williamsport, PA

Weis Markets - Milton below Williamsport, PA