... Just a heads up on your nice map work. What you labled as the Gypsy Grove breaker is actually the No 1. breaker of the PCC. The Gypsy Grove colliery...
Does anyone know of a database of accidents which occurred on the gravity railroad? I am specifically looking for an incident from 1866 in which 12 year old...
Just to keep the record straight and un-complicated, your message gives the impression of the accident being on Plane 7 of the D&H Gravity, as opposed to...
... How did empties from Gypsy grove return to the system for reloading? Were they just absorbed into the system and used the next day or so. it would seem at...
It's been a long time coming but finally some high resolution aerial imagery has shown up on Google Earth. You can now see traces of the gravity railroad...
Gentlemen , the PCC Gravity incline # 21 was not water powered , it was stationary steam engine powered from 1850 to 1885 , the water source was a fairly...
Nice! Strange though, when you go to download the 1960's images they're rotated 90 degrees. I initally thought I was getting the wrong image. Jeff V....
For those of you who have installed Google Earth, http://www.googleearth.com there has been a significant addition of high resolution imagery in our area,...
Hello, Mr. Gibson! My name is Ralph Heiss, and I hail from S. Plainfield, NJ. I recently found your group, and have really had a great time going over the...
Yes, when I noticed the enhanced imagery I took a look and started to plot where I recognized sections of it into a saved google map. I last hiked the trail...
Does anyone know of a map that shows the arrangement of D&H Gravity Railroad tracks and facilities in and around Carbondale, at the high point of Gravity...
Brian, I have access to the 1873 Atlas map of Carbondale. The files are large digital scans and aren't very good, but may be able to show what you need. Email...
Thanks Tom, I've used the Maptech content and Google Earth to map out most of the line. The Penn Pilot photos look interesting. Even if it dates from 40 years...
Hi Brian, I am pleased the link were somewhat helpful. Would you be able to share your results with the group by posting in Photos or Links? Thanks, Tom ... ...
If you look about center-left on this map, you'll see "Wimmers, PA" on the Erie: http://historical.maptech.com/getImage.cfm?fname=aril32nw.jpg&state=PA Turns...
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the GravityRailroads group. File : /D&H...
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For all you Earth Googlers, I've updated the KMZ file showing the latest results of my project, to pinpoint the route of the D&H Gravity Railroad. Some of the...
Brian: I tried to open that file and it tells me it's not a "valid win32" file and will not open it. I tried it both ways save target as download and just...
I also cannot open the file. ... Is there an alternative? ... If you can print out the file, perhaps a digital picture can be taken and sent in as a post ?...
Brian: I have Google Earth installed and with the update. Still the file is corrupted even when I try it from the files area or download and save to my file it...
Lee, Brian, I had no problem with this new kmz file! It works fine... May be someone (me?)can send it to you by email... Cheers Michel AZEMA mikeaz@......
It worked fine for me also, and is a great addition to the other fine files of the Gravity Railroads. I wish I had a good answer as to why it is not working...
The screen capture works fine. As for those of us who are straddled with webtv . net, we know the problem. No ability to download, no google earth, no adobe...
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