The signs are on the gates at the road crossings between New Freedom and Hanover jct....
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fireriverrat505@...
fireriverrat505
Mar 22, 2013 12:01 am
E-Mail was sent last week advising that they need flagging done 3/27 mon thru fri,sun up to sun down. For approximately 3 weeks. Connected by DROID on Verizon...
http://www.wgal.com/news/susquehanna-valley/lancaster/3-freight-cars-derail-in-Manheim-Township/-/9704306/16961740/-/j7l5c1z/-/index.html Gary E. Heiland...
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Seth Eberly
setheberly
Apr 20, 2013 2:31 am
Thru Cresson with a Pair of SD60I's on Point @ 9:01 The puller crew will probably take this one down to Brunner Island tommorow out of Enola sometime in the...
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Greg Phillips
dnh410
Apr 28, 2013 1:17 pm
Hello Group, Recently a friend and I were railfanning the Harrisburg area and decided to run down to Brunner Island to check things out. While in the southern...
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gregyfd
Apr 28, 2013 6:08 pm
Greg, A trolley line definitely ran into York Haven from York. I'm not exactly sure how it entered York Haven, but what you're describing makes sense. If you...
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mu 23
marylandrails
Apr 28, 2013 6:26 pm
Don’t know if this helps, from the YDR: “York businessmen organize the York Street Railway Company to create a horse-drawn trolley system in 1886. A year...
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mu 23
marylandrails
Apr 28, 2013 7:14 pm
Hi all, I just read in the Street Railway Journal (Vol. 30 1907) that York County’s trolley lines were to be consolidated that year into one system, so...
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Robert Dorrett
rdorrett
Apr 28, 2013 8:58 pm
Would be interesting to take a metal detector and see if you could find any spikes or other artifacts. That would provide some proof of your theory. Wonder if...
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Robert Dorrett
rdorrett
Apr 28, 2013 9:00 pm
*historical* ... From: Robert Dorrett <rdorrett@...> Subject: Re: [RRofYork] York Haven to Manchester old R.O.W? To: RRofYork@yahoogroups.com Date:...
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mu 23
marylandrails
Apr 28, 2013 9:05 pm
That would be fun, though right now, I’m living in New Mexico. However, I plan to move to York County in a couple of weeks. Maybe I can scout it out between...
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gregyfd
Apr 29, 2013 3:06 am
Mike, Yes, the trolley would have stopped in Manchester. I'm fairly sure the line ran down the middle of the street in Manchester. Greg ...
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gregyfd
Apr 29, 2013 3:06 am
Yes, each of the various lines were started a sindependent trolley lines and eventually all merged into the York Railways Company. In several instances, the...
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Gary "Pappy"...
Garyprr
Apr 29, 2013 4:21 am
You can follow some of the trolley bed between Manchester and the bridge piers in the Conewago Creek. From York you would go to Manchester then when you pass...
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mu 23
marylandrails
Apr 29, 2013 7:26 am
We’re there any other trolley parks in the area? From: Gary "Pappy" Heiland Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 10:21 PM To: RRofYork@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
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Robert Dorrett
rdorrett
Apr 29, 2013 9:36 pm
Let us know if you find anything. Best of luck with the job search upon your return. Â Bob ... From: mu 23 <mu23@...> Subject: Re: [RRofYork] York Haven...
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gregyfd
Apr 30, 2013 12:30 am
Trolley parks - let me see what I can pull out of the drak recesses of my mind. There was Highland Park in West York, Brookside Park outside of Dover, Cold...
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mu 23
marylandrails
Apr 30, 2013 3:12 am
Will do, and thanks. From: Robert Dorrett Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 3:36 PM To: RRofYork@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [RRofYork] York Haven to Manchester...
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Greg Phillips
dnh410
Apr 30, 2013 3:13 am
Hello Group, Thank you one and all for the many responses to my original question about the York Haven to Manchester old right of way! I did not know of the ...
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mu 23
marylandrails
Apr 30, 2013 3:30 am
That’s an impressive number, considering the size of the town and the longer work week, back in the day. Any MA&PA related parks? I think they had a picnic...
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Greg Phillips
dnh410
Apr 30, 2013 10:42 am
Group, I’ve found the ‘Arcadia Postcard’ series of books to contain many interesting pictures from our past – just an afterthought! Greg Phillips ...
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Matthew Mummert
mlmummert
May 1, 2013 4:22 am
I think you covered them. Matthew Mummert Sent from my iPad 3...
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Gary "Pappy"...
Garyprr
May 1, 2013 5:39 am
I think Conewago Beach was independent of the trolley lines. As I don’t remember Conewago Beach, was it on the Manchester side of the creek or the York...
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gregyfd
May 2, 2013 1:20 am
Gary, I think Conewago Beach and Elm Beach Park are the same thing. I suspect Elm Beach Park was the real, true, official name. Greg On Wed, 1 May 2013...
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gregyfd
May 2, 2013 3:13 am
OK .... let me try this again .... Gary, I think Conewago Beach and Elm Beach Park are the same thing. I suspect Elm Beach Park was the real, true, official...
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steveking808
May 21, 2013 10:45 am
My name is Steve King from Arizona. I am traveling to York County in the first weeks of June and am interested in the history of the Northern Central Railway....
