I realize everyone is busy with summertime activities but I thought I'd try to get some conversations going with some photos and questions from my hike on...
I have several questions about Plane 11 I hope someone can shed some light on... 1. Was Plane 11 realigned at some point? There is a perfectly graded cut that...
Hello: Gravity's ties were spaced further apart than regular ties. At the top of the mountain before the tunnel there was a connector plane to take the cars...
Thanks Lee. Do you have any mapping or a layout of how that cutoff was configured? The only place I thought cars could transfer from the loaded line to the...
Your web site with the PCC images was nice, although you only stated the PCC GRR was a coal carrying railroad, Not so , it also had passenger and freight...
You're right, I didn't mention passenger or freight service in my description. Passenger service did indeed span from Hawley to Pittston and really caught on...
Agreed! Why would the gravity cars go to Port Griffith? There was no town there just mines. I'm sure after dropping off passengers at Pittston the cars did a ...
Here is my theorized connection from the light line to the loaded line at the foot of Plane 2. The dark blue line is the loaded line, maroon is the light...
The PCC coaches ran on the light track thru Bunker Hill and switched onto the loaded track by means of a switching system called the Latches which were located...
Fellow Gravity Men , Your ideas and theories are very helpful and appreciated so thank you . Now let me answer one question that's been asked by many people...
... The piooner coaches may have had scheduled service between Hawley and Scranton (Bunker Hill-Plane #6); but not all passengers rode coaches. As in 1855,...
... For almost the first ten years, PCC shipped coal down the Susquehanna River, with the D&H Canal providing coal to New York and New England you say that all...
Wow, that is cool, I grew up in that area. Would there be any way to take a photo of them and post on this board? Thanks, John ... Sneak preview the all-new...
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LEE , I'm doing great , how about yourself . I have been going over the shit load of maps Uncle Sal and I got, plus the Aerial photo's of the Gravity taken...
The PCC in the early stages of operation mostly got it's coal from Dunmore with the first mine being opened in 1850 at the intersection of Chestnut St. and...
People did go to and back from Pittston to Dunmore and beyond on the PCC , but not on the Coaches , they got rides on full or empty coal cars with out the PCC...
Fellow Gravity Enthusiasts: Being a personal friend of T.C Connolly's for many years, as well as helping her along with my Uncle Sal Mecca on the expansion of...
Outstanding report !!! Thanks, Tony, for a great description of the reasons for the building of the tunnel. Yes, I'd definitely like to go on a tour of the...
Wow. Thanks for all that information Mr. Ranella. I've read it three times and I'm still trying to take it all in. So if I were standing at the foot of Plane...
... You mean right here? Uphill? http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=41.41447,-75.54535&z=17&t=O&marker0=41.41522%2C-75.54587%2CGhost%20plane%20%2312%3F -- --my blog...
Yep Russ... That's exactly where I was looking. From the topos you can see that there would be a couple of sharp turns to return to the eastbound alignment...
Does anyone have any type of technical drawings of a typical coal car for either the PCC or D&H railroads? I know there were variations of the cars over the...
I just wanted to let you know we're praying for you guys after all the storms and flooding this past week. I was reading some of the articles on the...
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