This view shows the Atglen & Susquehanna branch tracks in the process of relocation prior to electrification through Columbia in 1938. Scene is looking north fromLocust Street. "LG-42" tower is in the distance.
Provenance
From box labeled Pennsylvania RR Main Line, Columbia Br., A & S Br.
The Reading Railroad and the Cornwall Railroad shared motive power on the "Joint Line," bewteen Lancaster and Lebanon. In this beautiful study of Victorian era railroading from the collection of James Tshudy, the conductor rides the pilot beam of the Cornwall's stately 4-4-0, the "Penryn," as it heads up Lancaster's Water Street after leaving the Reading's King Street station at the old Stevens House. It was a winter day in 1896 and more snow lay ahead in the hills around Mount Hope. Photo, James A. Tshudy, Ephrata, Pa.
