Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The East Broad Top Railroad (EBT) is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge historic and heritage railroad headquartered in Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania. Operating from 1871 to 1956, it is one of the United States' oldest and best-preserved narrow-gauge railroads, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964.
A Virginia Railway Express train going through Crystal City in 1999. Discussions about commuter rail service in Northern Virginia had occurred as early as 1964 at the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, but died in the face of opposition by the freight railroads whose tracks offered ready access to core employment areas.
In 1957, the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad was revived as a tourist attraction under the common name, Tweetsie Railroad. It currently runs a three-mile (5 km) route near Blowing Rock, North Carolina. Similarly, the East Broad Top Railroad was revived in 1960 and runs on three miles of original 1873 trackage.
Located in Central Pennsylvania, the East Broad Top Railroad offers nostalgic one-hour fall foliage train excursions that are the perfect length if you're vacationing with toddlers or grade-school ...
Consolidated Rail Corporation: CR 1976 1999 Norfolk Southern Railway: Covington and Ohio Railroad: C&O: 1853 1868 Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad: Cumberland Valley Railroad: PRR: 1890 1919 N/A Leased the Cumberland Valley and Martinsburg Railroad: Cumberland Valley and Martinsburg Railroad: PRR: 1889 1958 Penndel Company: Danville, Mocksville and ...
Amtrak (AMTK) (national passenger rail) CamTran (Johnstown mass transit agency operates Johnstown Inclined Plane) Colebrookdale Railroad (heritage railroad) Delaware Lackawanna RailRoad; East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company; Fayette Central Railroad (tourist trains operating over Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad trackage)
East Broad Top #12 is the first Mikado locomotive built for the railroad in 1911. The new Mikado began the process of modernizing the East Broad Top locomotive fleet, replacing the aging mixed roster of various locomotive types which ran on the railroad prior. The locomotive was designed to haul 15 loaded coal hoppers on the railroad.
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!