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A railroad for the "Southern End" : Pictures, timetables, rare documents and all the news of the Little, Old & Slow, Pennsylvania's first narrow gauge railroad

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17714
Author
Roth, Mike.
Date of Publication
2013.
Call Number
385.52 R845 Oversize
Alternate Title
Peach Bottom Railway and Lancaster, Oxford & Southern Railroad :
Responsibility
by Mike Roth and Stanley T. White.
Author
Roth, Mike.
Place of Publication
[S. l.]
Publisher
Seaber Turner and Associates ,
Date of Publication
2013.
Physical Description
481 p. : ill, map : 31 cm.
Summary
A long time ago, a narrow gauge railroad was built through southern Lancaster and Chester Counties, in Pennsylvania, bringing an alternative to horses, buggies and ox carts, on muddy deeply rutted roads. "Ole Peachy," as many of the locals called it, served no major industries. Instead, it made do with poultry, eggs, butter, cattle, cream and passengers, becoming a vital link for the farmers of, and visitors to, the "Southern End ." This is the story of how , despite great odds against it, this short line managed to survive for 47 years. [from the book cover]
Subjects
Peach Bottom Railway - History.
Lancaster, Oxford & Southern Railroad - History.
Railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Railroads - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Additional Author
White, Stanley T.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
385.52 R845 Oversize
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