Railroads of Pennsylvania: Fragments of the Past in the Keystone LandscapeRegional histories of the great railroads. Rail stories of the people and events that shaped history. Includes Rails to Trails paths, tourist attractions, and more. |
Contents
SECTION TWO HersheyGettysburgDutch Country | 51 |
SECTION THREE Valleys of the Schuylkill and Susquehanna | 87 |
SECTION FOUR Allegheny National Forest | 117 |
SECTION FIVE Pocono Mountains and Endless Mountains | 143 |
SECTION SIX The Laurel Highlands | 181 |
SECTION SEVEN Pittsburgh Area | 215 |
SECTION EIGHT Erie Area | 247 |
Contact Information for Regional Sites | 258 |
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Railroads of Pennsylvania: Fragments of the Past in the Keystone Landscape Lorett Treese Limited preview - 2003 |
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Allegheny Portage Railroad Altoona America’s Amtrak anthracite Baltimore became began bridge building built called canal Carnegie cars Central Railroad century Chapter city’s coal Columbia Railroad Commonwealth Company Conrail constructed County Creek Cumberland Delaware DL&W engineer Erie Railroad Erie’s freight Gettysburg Gowen Harrisburg inclined planes industry Johnstown Kane Kinzua Kinzua Viaduct Lackawanna Lake Erie Lancaster Lehigh Valley Railroad located locomotive main line Mauch Chunk miles Mountains National Railway Historical Northern Central Railway Ohio opened operations P.O. Box P&LE Packer Park passenger Pennsy Pennsy’s Pennsylvania Railroad Philadelphia Philadelphia & Reading Phoebe Snow Pittsburgh president purchased rail trails railroad history Railroad Museum railroad station Railway Historical Society Reading Company Reading Railroad Reading system region Region’s Railroad route Schuylkill River steam Steamtown Strasburg Rail Road Street tion tourist town tracks train station transportation tunnel Vanderbilt Viaduct visitors West Western Maryland Railway William York Central