I was just up on the Under Ground Miners site looking for information on their hike- coulden't find any. Any one know if the hike is still on, and what the...
Hi Dick: I saw your message on the Gravity RR site. The "hike" is really an exploration trip, sort of a multi-stop guided tour of some of the remains of the...
Hey Dan: Any info on places to stay in the area? I have to see but i might be able to join the tour. Shane ... __________________________________ Do you...
Have fun guys, I really wish I could make it :( Stay safe, and maybe wear an orange hat or something, I'm not sure when deer season opens in PA but it must be...
2 weeks ago I drove up to Scranton to finalize my Mothers Estate. After taking care of business Wednesday morning, my Brother and I drove up the "New" highway...
Thanks, the good thing is that hubnting in PA is illegal on Sundays. That is particularly nice since some of the State Game lands have great hiking and...
... Preserved in what sense? Preserved as in "nobody has bothered to destroy it yet"? Or preserved as in "somebody is actively taking care of it?" As far as...
Hi John, and a warm welcome to all new members, Thanks so much for sharing you explorations with the group. I also appreciate your nice comments on the group...
The east bank elevations descend in a shallower gradient to the north of this point into Valley Junction at RM 16.7. This point is adjacent to the Lackawanna...
The east bank across from Mellow Park features rock and coal outcrops in several ledges with remnant rhododendron and mountain laurel groves. The Lackawanna...
at Jermyn. From the Gilmartin Street bridge upstream for one half mile, Main Street follows the river west bank to a point near the USGS Archbald River Gauging...
The Racket Brook confluence on the east bank marks the location where the first D&H gravity railroad inclined plane was initiated into operation in 1829. Coal...
I apologize in advance that this text is all choppy... Monday AM, 11-08-04: We had a great tour yesterday of the Northern Anthracite field. I had not been...
From: "railphan"; <mrushton@...> Date: Mon Nov 8, 2004 11:14 pm Subject: Car shop at Pine Ridge, recollections Chris and all, I was at the Pine Ridge...
Dan, Re the D & H Canal, our local news on Monday (Channel 16) had a spot which showed the stone canal foundation and a dilapidated hotel above it which was...
GravityRailroads@yahoogroups.com anthracitehistory@yahoogroups.com In response to a posting on the Gravity Railroad Yahoo Group site asking the location of the...
This hunting season I hunted in the area of Plane 9 several times, and am never bored with its ruins- the more scrutiny I give it the less I understand about...
Hi Dick and the rest of the group. Wow, great questions, I will offer my supposition within your text. ... I suspect the head of plane 9 was elevated on a...
Tom Thanks for the feedback Couldn't find any Hensel prints for sale at the Wayne County Historical Society's site. However, I did notice they list two ...
I visited the Mt Cobb Viaduct last week and thought I'd pass along a few comments: It's smaller than I pictured it being. It's located right over the edge of...
I was reading a book on the LNE and it talked about Lehigh coal and Navigation company and thier Panther Valley operations. It talked about the Mauch Chunk ...
Hi Shane, Try this link. http://www.geocities.com/nesquehoning/new_page_25.htm Also, check out the links section on the left side of the screen. There are...
I took a brief reconnoiter of the area west of Rt 380, across from the Holliday Inn- the vicinity of where Plane 7 is. I was hoping to find its head in order...
Steamtown museum in Scranton will feature a special steam train excursion to an ice harvesting demonstration on Saturday, January 15, 2005. See info below....
You may or may-not be interested. A new site on the web refers to a gravity railroad facility, I know, I put it there. At present not much detail, requesting...
