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

[Herb Brannon]

Thanks Derrick and Bob. I'll check out all those leads.
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 21:37, robert netzlof <wb3iqe at rocketmail.com> wrote:

> --- On Wed, 2/22/12, Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > 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:
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> http://historical.mytopo.com/getImage.asp?fname=wlkb92nw.jpg&state=PA
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> 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
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-- 
Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park