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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.
This is a route-map template for the East Broad Top Railroad, a heritage train service in the United States.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
PA 103 begins at an intersection with US 522 in the community of Allenport in Shirley Township, Huntingdon County, heading east on two-lane undivided Beacon Lodge Road. The road immediately crosses the East Broad Top Railroad before it curves southeast and runs between residential areas to the southwest and the Juniata River to the northeast ...
Mount Union was the northern terminus for the narrow gauge East Broad Top Railroad, connecting to the Main Line of the Middle Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad (now Norfolk Southern). The EBT maintained a large dual-gauge yard and coal cleaning plant in Mount Union and supplied coal to the Refractory plants.
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.
East Broad Top's rare gas-electric railcar M-1 The last remaining 3 ft ( 914 mm ) gauge common carrier east of the Rocky Mountains was the East Broad Top Railroad in central Pennsylvania . Running from 1873 until 1956, it supplied coal to brick kilns and general freight to the towns it passed through, connecting to the Pennsylvania Railroad at ...
East Broad Top Railroad Tunnel at Sideling Hill, south portal. The East Broad Top Railroad constructed a tunnel through Sideling Hill in 1873–1874 as part of its mainline construction. The tunnel predates the South Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel construction 11 miles (18 km) to the south by eight years. The tunnel is single-tracked, and curved ...
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