Hershey Chocolate Works

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I'm pretty sure none of that's there anymore Hershey sold to a big corporation , they broke the union & it's all made in mexico now!! I was watching a TV show not to long ago about it! I think the tourist line is still there !

Hersey's is very much alive and well and the plant at Hersey, PA, is in full operation. They have not sold out to another company but changed their name from Hersey Foods Corp. to The Hersey Company sometime around 2005. They have plants in several locations around the country, including Stuarts Draft, Va; Lancaster, PA; Hazleton, PA; Memphis, TN; and Robinson, IL. They only have one plant located in Guadalajara, Mexico. The plant in Memphis, TN, really has an unusual track arrangement and worth taking a look at on Google aerial and street views https://maps.google.com/?ll=35.120569,-9...4&t=k&z=19

The tourist line is not a part of the Hersey operation, but is operated by the nearby Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad.

Having a chocolates or confections plant is one industry that I'm incorporating on my own switching layout, because of the variety of equipment and commodities it can receive. Sugar in covered hoppers, cocoa beans in covered hoppers and box cars, tank cars of corn syrup and now the larger tank cars of partially hydrogenated vegetable oil which has replaced the use of cocoa butter as an emulsifier in producing chocolate. Even a small chocolate or confections plant can receive a good variety of equipment and inbound shipments, and there are many prototypes around the country, both active and closed, upon which to base such an industry.