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The station was one of two serving the community; the Lehigh Valley Railroad had a station on the opposite side of the river. The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 1, 1976. [1] It is located in the Old Mauch Chunk Historic District. Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway operates passenger excursions out of the station.
The Bike Train is a 25-mile (40 km), 1-hour one-way trip from Jim Thorpe to White Haven that allows passengers to take their bicycles onboard for the trip up grade, and then bike the 25-mile (40 km) journey along the Lehigh Gorge Trail from White Haven down to Jim Thorpe. LGSR trains are usually diesel-powered and consist of an open-air car ...
On August 13, 2022, No. 425 double headed with No. 2102 for the first time since 1988 to pull the Iron Horse Rambles train from Reading to Jim Thorpe. [16] After running its last excursion trains such as the Autumn Leaf and the Santa Claus Special in November and December 2022, respectively, No. 425 was taken out of service for its mandatory ...
The museum sponsors passenger excursion train trips on a seasonal schedule between Medina and Lockport - as well as hosting an annual (June) Thomas the Tank Engine, Day Out with Thomas events. In 1997 the boundaries of the village's Main Street Historic District were redrawn to include the building as a contributing property after research ...
RIDE THE RAILS: 12 best Amtrak vacations and scenic train rides in North America The Green Mountain State is known for its autumn displays with oak, maple, and ash trees exploding in rainbow pops ...
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 ...
Apr. 22—CHEYENNE — Jim Ehrenberger is thorough, but he's no "rivet counter," his friends say. Ehrenberger has amassed a huge collection of photos, negatives and transparencies of trains ...
The merged borough was named Jim Thorpe in honor of the athlete and Olympic gold medalist. The station was one of two serving the community; the Central Railroad of New Jersey had a station on the opposite side of the river. The Lehigh Valley began serving Mauch Chunk on September 12, 1855. [1]