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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 ...
Northwestern Pennsylvania Railway: PRR: 1895 1895 Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway: Northumberland County Railway Company: Nypano Railroad: ERIE: 1896 1941 Erie Railroad: Octoraro Railroad: OCTR 2003 2004 East Penn Railways: Octoraro Railway: OCTR 1977 1994 Delaware Valley Railway: Ohio and Baltimore Short Line Railway: B&O: 1873 1912
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.
R.J. Corman Railroad/Pennsylvania Lines (reporting mark RJCP) is a railroad in the R.J. Corman Railroad Group, operating a number of lines in central Pennsylvania. It primarily carries coal between mines and Norfolk Southern Railway connections at Cresson and Keating . [ 1 ]
The Mill Creek & Mine Hill Navigation and Railroad Co. was the second railroad built in Pennsylvania and the third in the United States, beginning operations in mid–1829. It was a short four mile line (eventually with about five miles of lateral connections) extending from Port Carbon, Pennsylvania along the Mill Creek towards active ...
The repository is constantly seeking donations of mine maps to add to the microfilm/digital collection. [12] When maps are received from a donor, they are scanned and stored in both microfilm and digital archives. The maps, along with a scanned images (upon request), are returned to the donor. The repository does not retain hard copies of maps.
The Clearfield Coalfield is a bituminous coal mining area in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, [1] United States. The coal seams are found in most parts of Clearfield County, with the notable exception of the northern part of the county.
United States portal; Trains portal; Pages in category "Mining railways in the United States" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.