Pocono Auto Facility served Chrysler and opened in 1968.  It had four unloading tracks and a large auto storage yard. The railroad served it from a double-ended siding to the north of the mainline and used a switchback-style lead to access the unloading tracks inside the facility.  In 1999 the facility appeared pretty much as it had been when closed, but shortly after these photos were made, construction began on a Con Agra grain mill.  The site is now an active destination for a Grain Train run by the Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad.  

Not served by the railroad but located along the right-of-way,  a hardwood company is just (railroad) west of the Auto Facility. When the unloading facility was active, that building apparently housed a maintenance facility for the automobile delivery trucks. A model of the area will need to include that company as well, so here are photos of that facility, too

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The facility was located off a siding (rebuilt in the former location of Track 3), and contained four tracks. Each track had an approximate capacity of eight autoracks, and they were accessed from and a switchback lead beyond the western siding switch that could accomodate 10 cars plus two locomotives. The siding had a capacity of 22 cars. This forced a series of switch-back switching moves to place cars on the unloading tracks. Reportedly, due to limited sight distance around the curve immediately west of the facility (Mammry Heater's Curve), a horn and light system was utilized to pass signals during switching. The below pictures are by Paul Dolkos, and show the facility in June 1975:


The Port-Summit train on Track 3 prior to working the Mount Pocono auto facility.

Mount Pocono Auto Facility in 1999