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

[Herb Brannon]

I'll check those also.
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 21:59, Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
> >>
> >> 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
> >>
> >>
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> > --
> > Herb Brannon
> > In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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> --
> Derrick
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Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park