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

[Derrick Brashear]

Oh duh. the Mahanoy Plane, the D & H Canal Company Gravity Railroad,
there were actually a number of such operations in eastern PA and I
totally forgot.

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net> wrote:
> 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:
>>
>> > 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
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Derrick