East Broad Top #15 in front of the Orbisonia Depot.
The East Broad Top Railroad is a heritage railway, founded in 1856, located in Orbisonia, Pennsylvania not far off the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The purpose of the railroad was to haul mostly coal from the mines in the Broad Top region. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (4695x3155, 1893 KB) Summary East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Co. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (4695x3155, 1893 KB) Summary East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Co. ... A scene on a heritage railway. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Orbisonia is a borough located in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. ... The Pennsylvania Turnpike is a toll highway system in the state of Pennsylvania, USA. The turnpike system encompasses 532 miles (855 km) in three distinct sections. ...
The railroad operates steam trains powered by narrow gauge 2-8-2 steam locomotives during summer weekends. There are many pieces of rolling stock and a very rare Brill motorcar on site. Narrow-gauge railways are railroads (railways) with track spaced at less than the standard gauge of 4 ft 8 in (1. ... A locomotive (from lat. ...
The first passenger trains ran in 1960, and the railroad was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. Excursions run on weekends June through October. The Fall Spectacular is the best weekend to attend when all operating equipment is available for inspection. The Rockhill Trolley Museum is next to the Railroad. 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... USS Constitution. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... The National Register of Historic Places is the USAs official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects worthy of preservation. ...
EastBroadTopRailroad is last of its kind operating east of Mississippi River.
The EastBroadTop is more than just a tourist train -- it's a living piece of railroad history, the last original narrow-gaugerailroad operating east of the Mississippi River.
Fans of the EastBroadTop are encouraged by the Kovalchick family's decades-long commitment to the line, including the current renovation of three locomotives in the roundhouse.
The EastBroadTop is "a unique representation of the iron-and-steel age," says Ronald L. Cherry, a professor of economics at Juniata College.
The coal that the railroad carried down from the mines had to be cleaned and sorted, so the railroad built a coal-washing plant at Mount Union.
The railroad turned a profit until World War II, but in the late 1940s the deep mines that contributed the bulk of its traffic faced increasing competition from strip mines, both in Pennsylvania and in the West.
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