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Stavich Bike Trail; Stony Valley Railroad Grade; Struble Trail; Susquehanna Warrior Trail; Switchback Railroad Trail; T Tidioute Riverside Rec Trek Trail; Towpath Bike Trail; Tredway Trail; Trolley Trail [8] W Warren to North Warren Bike Trail; Warwick-to-Ephrata Rail Trail; West Penn Trail; Westmoreland Heritage Trail; Wynn & Clara Tredway ...
John Majors in the 2006 Event. The Wilderness 101 Mountain Bicycle Race is an ultra-endurance 101 miles (163 km) mountain bike race held annually in late July. The race is commonly called the W101, akin to a first year college course, such as Physics 101, at the nearby Penn State University.
Chew provided live commentary during the race via videolink, and the event itself served as a fundraiser for Chew's ongoing care and rehabilitation. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] For most of its history the race took place the Saturday after the Thanksgiving holiday in November, often under cold, wet, and especially “dirty” conditions.
The elevation profile of the former railway that the Westmoreland Heritage Trail follows is a complex one. Rather than simply paralleling a single river as many rail-trails do, it instead runs alongside and over multiple waters, twice approaching 1200' as the right of way transitions between different watersheds.
Allentown and Auburn Railroad's 206 train, an EMC Winton-engined switcher used to pull tourist trains and the occasional freight train. The Allentown and Auburn Railroad dates back to 1853 when a charter was issued to the Dauphin and Susquehanna Coal Company and the Central Railroad of New Jersey for the Allentown Railroad, a railroad that was to run from Allentown west to the Philadelphia and ...
Mount Joy station in 2013, before it was rebuilt with high-level platforms. Mount Joy station was rebuilt between 2016 and 2019. [3] [4] The project raised the platforms to reduce dwell time, had platforms be covered with a canopy to protect passengers from the elements, added elevators in order to comply with Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and constructed a pedestrian walkway ...
In 2020, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation inspired by the work in Phoenixville and Reading created its own plan about the feasibility of extending passenger train service from Norristown to Reading along the Norfolk Southern freight line. The Berks Alliance report projected that proposed extension would cost $365 million, which ...
Josiah White and Erskine Hazard-founding partners of the Summit Hill & Mauch Chunk Railroad Pisgah Mountain and the topography of the Summit Hill and Mauch Chunk Railroad. The Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, also known as the Mauch Chunk and Summit Railroad and occasionally shortened to Mauch Chunk Railway, was a coal-hauling railroad in the mountains of Pennsylvania that was built in 1827 and ...