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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.
East Brandywine and Waynesburg Railroad: PRR: 1860 1888 Downingtown and Lancaster Railroad: East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company: 1856 1956 N/A Continued as a tourist railroad: East Mahanoy Railroad: RDG: 1854 1951 Reading Company: East Mahanoy and Hazleton Railroad: EMHR 1992 1996 Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad: East Penn ...
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.
The class of 2-8-2 "Mikado" type steam locomotives were designed in the 1910s with one example East Broad Top #12 "Millie" being built in December 1911, where it was classified by East Broad Top as a Baldwin 12-28 E-1. [1] [2] [3] But in the 1930s, an updated version was drawn up.
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.
Sold to Philadelphia Broad Street Subway for $10,000 following the formation of the PATCO Speedline in 1968. 1019 Siemens–Duewag U2: San Diego Trolley: Duewag: 1982 Operating Only operating articulated car from San Diego, California on the East Coast. Most modern vehicle in collection. 1875 Tram Rio de Janeiro Tramways Brill: 1912 Operating ...
One unit blew up in 1868, with the loss of four lives. The H. & B.T.M. ran along the west side of Broad Top Mountain, best known for the narrow gauge line on its east side, the East Broad Top Railroad. The C. & P. interchanged with the H. & B.T.M. at State Line, Pennsylvania. Most of the Winans "Camel" engines sold for around $10,000.
The Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad and Coal Company was chartered on May 6, 1852, and organized on January 10, 1853. The purpose of the line was to provide a rail link from Huntingdon to Bedford, and to provide a competitive alternate route to local coal producers to break the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's monopoly on coal that was being shipped from the Cumberland, Maryland, area.