Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 95, no. 1
Notes
The Atglen and Susquehanna was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad as a freight only line avoiding the passenger branch that went through Lancaster. It was also known as the "A and S", the "Low Grade" or the "Enola branch". It may have once been part of a larger plan to have a low grade railroad from the east coast of the U.S. all the way to the midwest.
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.93, no. 3
Summary
Article in which Mr. Loose of Lancaster,Pa. challenges the claim of York County that York was the first capital of the United States since the Articles of Confederation were adopted while the Continental Congress was in session there. The Congress had moved there when the British captured Philadelphia during the American Revolution. Some residents of Lancaster believe that Lancaster was the capital of the United States for the one day it spent there before moving on to York. Loose explains his reasoning that neither city was ever the capital.
