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  2. Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. List of Pennsylvania railroads - Wikipedia

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    Southern Pennsylvania Railway and Mining Company: Southern Pennsylvania Railway and Mining Company: PRR: 1873 1954 Penndel Company: Southwark Railroad: PRR: 1831 1877 Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad: South West Connecting Railway: PRR: 1897 1908 Pennsylvania Railroad: South-West Pennsylvania Railway: PRR: 1871 1906 Pennsylvania ...

  4. Category:Coal mining in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 20 September 2024, at 18:45 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  5. Category:Mining railways in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Mining railways in the United States. United States portal; Trains portal; Pages in category "Mining railways in the United States" The following 26 pages are in this ...

  6. Cumberland Mine Railroad - Wikipedia

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    The Cumberland Mine Railroad is a private carrier mine railroad serving the Cumberland Coal Resources mine near Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. Operations on the mine and associated railroad began in November 1976. The line was originally developed by United States Steel as a source of steam coal for export to Canada. Subsequently, the mine and ...

  7. Coal Region - Wikipedia

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    A Welsh miner in a coal mine in Pennsylvania's Coal Region in 1910. By the 18th century, the Susquehannock Native American tribe that had inhabited the region was reduced 90 percent [2] in three years of a plague of diseases and possibly war, [2] opening up the Susquehanna Valley and all of Pennsylvania to European settlers.

  8. History of anthracite coal mining in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    The Pennsylvania Anthracite Region is in the Valley and Ridge Province of the Appalachian Mountains, with the coal located in the folded and faulted terrain of the Province. The anthracite fields are maintained in synclinal basins that are surrounded by sandstone ridges, which help to “protect” the anthracite.

  9. Narrow-gauge railroads in the United States - Wikipedia

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    List of narrow-gauge railroads in the United States (all 3 ft / 914 mm gauge unless stated) Railroad State Start year End year Notes Arcata and Mad River Railroad: California: 1854: 1983: 3 ft 9 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,156 mm) gauge, converted to 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge: Altoona and Beech Creek Railroad: Pennsylvania: 1891: 1916