[PRCo] Re: Pennsylvania (State of) Railroad Question

[robert netzlof]

--- On Wed, 2/22/12, Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com> wrote:

> the Philadelphia and Columbia
> Railroad certainly had an incline at its
> eastern end.
> 
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 7:53 PM, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net>
> wrote:
> > Other than the Allegheny Portage Railroad, were there
> anymore mainline type
> > railroads which utilized incline planes to get over the
> mountains in
> > Pennsylvania? The question came up on an email
> discussion group here in NE
> > Ohio. I have searched the Internet but only come up
> with the Allegheny
> > Portage RR, the Johnstown Incline, and several
> Pittsburgh inclines.

The Ashley Planes on the Central Railroad of New Jersey, at Ashley PA. Don't recall when they shut down, but they were still in operation post-WW2.

Readers whose religion permits them to follow links may wish to see:

http://historical.mytopo.com/getImage.asp?fname=wlkb92nw.jpg&state=PA

Look for "GRAVITY BR. OF C.R.R. OF N.J."

More information and photos at:

http://www.gingerb.com/cnj%20ashley_planes.htm

Bob Netzlof a/k/a Sweet Old Bob