| Scott station,
also called Nelson Industries, is located across the street
from the K-Mart exit on Montour Run Road. (I need to get the GPS
coordinates). There is a bridge and existing track still at the
location. The bridge has been damaged and is full of debris from
Hurricane Ivan. On the far side of the creek the underlying soil has
been eroded completely away by the flood and only the tracks exist
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Eastbound, taking siding at Nelson Industry. In this view,
Brakeman Dave Sherwood takes care of restoring the main track switch
as the 4 units and caboose 38 clear up. - Gene .P. Schaeffer |
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The Bridge
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Tracks leading
to the bridge
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Ivan Flood
Debris
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Severe Erosion
note the unsupported rail
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Old brake shoe?
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Another view
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| We did some
further exploration of the area and found a lot of Montour remains.
Track, switches, ties and what have you. I've included the coordinates
of the sites we visited. More could be found in this area. We only
looked around for about 1/2 hour to find the images shown below. Most
of the trackage is being buried over time. It would be difficult to
spot them in the summer. Of course the bridge would be easy to find.
According to the track plan shown above there could be much more
trackage about. Many of the buildings may have been erected over the
existing track and would have been removed. We also saw an old building
which we didn't think part of the station but did not investigate
further. There is also a pile of ties sitting near the bridge.
If you explore
the area and find more items of interest please sent them and I'll post
them here on the page. If you have old stories when the station was
operational and what industries they served please let me know, we'll
post that as well. We accessed the area by parking behind the Wicks
Furniture building. There are some parking spots behind there that open
to the field where the remains of the Montour are.
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N40 27.324
W080 10.707 |
Switch Machine
N40 27.290
W080 10.760 |
Another view of the switch |
A break in the track
N40 27.282
W080 10.786 |
Hidden switch points
N40 27.295
W080 10.752 |
The tracks are being buried in time. |
Montour Railroad 
