Members: I am researching a former gravity railroad at the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary near Kempton Pa. (above Reading). It once transported stone from the top of...
Tom, thanks for the tour of the Shohola Glen Switchback Gravity Railroads earlier this past week. Having been "in the field" recently, the gravity RR web...
Hello to Dan and the other members of the group. It was a please exploring the area with all of you. As I have previously answered your question in a separate...
I just took the Electric City trolley tour yesterday; it passes through the mile-long Laurel Line tunnel, but I don't know what viaduct you refer to, as the...
Thanks for your input. I've sort of figured things out a little bit. The old PA Coal Co. Gravity RR went over Moosic Mtn near Mt. Cobb. There is a tunnel up...
Doc, et al: I have not gone into the field yet to check this out myself, (planning to do so in the fall/winter) so please don't blame me if you wind up in...
Hi All, I can add a few bits of information here. There was a trolley line in the area, part of the Scranton Electric Railway, called the Moosic Lake line. It...
Gentlemen, I found this club a few weeks ago while searching for Scranton area railroads. I've really enjoyed reading the correspondence, as well as Mr...
Well, particularly in this post- 9/11 world, I guess we have to be more careful than we used to have to be regarding exploring in the woods, but I think that...
Yes, I am interested in joint explorations. Email me at doctorwwr@... to set up a day, time and place. Doc "If any of you would like to explore some...
From: ximij@a... Date: Fri Aug 27, 2004 3:06 pm Subject: Re: [nerrandcoal] Abutment, Main St, Pittston, PA mike, originally it was part of the gravity...
Greetings Gravity Railroad Enthusiasts, We are planning a hike of the PCC Gravity railroad planes 7 to 11 including the tunnel at the top of Mt. Cobb, with a...
Speaking of which, the same "Scenes Along the Rails," Part 1, Vol. 1 (the first book I ever bought at Steamtown), pp. 97-99, also covers the interesting...
Today seven of us from the GravityRRs group had an interesting if tiring 8-hour hike of the old Pennsylvania gravity RR from Dunmore up through the Moosic...
Thank you for the review. Living in the DC area, and working weekends, there was just no way to make the hike. I'm glad all are safe and had a good time....
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I will upload a GPS track, but it will be later this week before I get the time to download the track from the GPS unit and then upload it to the site as a...
Me and another took many photos of the remains. Pics coming soon, along with the collectable remains found. I hope to figure out what that one piece is I...
It's claimed that it is the "Pioneer", originally for the PCC. It would be nice to know the actual story, and if it is original or re-production. ... As of 9...
I was going throught the book Trackside around Scranton when i read a caption on page 72 under a pic of a trolly. It says the pic was taken on the top of...
I went on the Pa Gravity RR hike last week, and heard talk about the Mount Cobb Viaduct being a point of interest which one should not miss. It was said it's...
Hi Dick, The map is correct. The gravity did NOT go to Moosic Lake, that was the Moosic Lake Railroad, later the Scranton, Dunmore and Moosic Lake Electric...
... Cool. Could you click on the following image exactly where the viaduct is, and reply with the new URL? That way, we'll all know exactly where the viaduct...
Gentlemen Thanks for the exact location ACME photo. The 'dirt parking lot' on Rt 247 looks like it may now be part of that houses' driveway, not sure about the...
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