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The narrow-gauge East Broad Top Railroad was constructed through the community in 1873. Rockhill was selected as the location of the railroad's maintenance facility. The parent company Rockhill Iron and Coal located their dual-stack coke-fired iron furnace here. Rockhill as it exists today was created by the coal company and the railroad as a ...
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.
Broad Top Area Coal Miners Museum; E. East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company; R. Rockhill Trolley Museum; W. William E. Swigart Jr. Antique Automobile Museum
As the Springfield Art Museum prepares to shutter for three years of renovations, museum staff are packing up for a new, temporary location.. The art museum will conclude all programs and ...
Friends of the East Broad Top Museum: Robertsdale: Huntingdon: Central PA: Transportation - Railroad: History and culture of the East Broad Top Railroad; Robertsdale is part of Wood Township Friendship Hill National Historic Site: Point Marion: Fayette: Pittsburgh Metro Area: Historic house: 18th-century home of early American politician Albert ...
12 at East Broad Top Railroad, a narrow gauge railway headquartered in Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania, which has six preserved Mikado locomotives, all built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, and six others. The railroad operated from 1871 to 1956. It operated as a heritage railroad from 1960 until 2011, and was reopened in 2021 as a tourist attraction.
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In 1900, it carried 10.5 million passengers. [1]In 1902, it operated more than 100 cars. [2]In 1905, the railway was purchased by American Railways Company, a holding company that also owned the Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway, the People's Railway, the Springfield Railway Company, and other electric railways.