When this view was made of the "Low Grade," line looking south at Marietta in the 1920's, the Pennsy's passenger line that abutted Marietta's Front Street was similarly double-tracked.
Provenance
From box labeled Pennsylvania RR Main Line, Columbia Br., A & S Br.
From the vantage point of the top of Chickies Rock, a steam powered freight is caught headed southward over the "Low Grade". The lower end of Marietta is in the distance. Courtesy John D. Kendig, Manheim, Pa.
Provenance
From box labeled Pennsylvania RR Main Line, Columbia Br., A & S Br.
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.
A parlor car brings up the rear in this 1908 view of a Philadelphia bound train making a station stop on the P. R. R., main line at Christiana on the eastern edge of Lancaster County. In the distance, the tracks swing eastward toward Atglen.
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.
You can imagine Ma Crachett's surprise when this fan-laden special rolled right through her front porch. Place is Glen Moore, Pa. on Pennsy's New Holland Branch. Year is 1939 and lead engine is G-5s 5713.
