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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.
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 ...
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.
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 museum will celebrate the 100th birthday of the construction of York trolley 163 at a special ceremony at 10 a.m. Aug. 3.
Augsburg, museum; Bamberg: 2 (both half-demolished and in ruins) Berlin-Pankow-Heinersdorf [4] Berlin-Rummelsburg [5] Dresden: 2 (Plauen, Südvorstadt) Halle (Saale), originally 4, 3 left as one is destroyed in 2017. The one in best condition is now part of the DB Eisenbahn Museum. Hannover still occasionally used; Neustrelitz
The art museum will conclude all programs and exhibitions on Sunday, Sept. 1, in preparation for renovations and new construction as part of the museum's 2028 Campaign.
The Springfield History Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, with extended hours on First Fridays. Admission is free. Miranda Cyr reports on education for The Register-Guard.