Tracks Around MOUNT UNION: Narrow Gauge Capital of the East, PRR, EBT (NEW BOOK) For Sale

TracksAround Mount Unionby Frank Kyper

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Published 2017To the casual observer, a “railroad town” is a community shaped by, anddependent upon, the rail lines within its limits. The south-central Pennsylvania borough of Mount Union certainly met thesecriteria, as the successes of Mount Union’s bustling industrial concerns werefacilitated by a comprehensive web of both standard and narrow gauge raillines. While the Pennsylvania Railroad’s standard gauge mainline bisected the town, itwas truly Mount Union’s four separatenarrow gauge operations that turned the small Pennsylvania borough into thenarrow gauge capital of the East.Within the town’s borders, the famous East Broad Top Railroad, a three-footgauge coal-hauling line, shared a sprawling dual gauge rail yard with the PRR.Additional three-foot gauge equipment was employed to mine and deliver ganisterrock to the Harbison-Walker Refractories Company’s twin silica brick plants,and the PRR itself even operated a diminutive two-foot gauge railroad toservice the railroad’s crosstie treatment plant. A short 27.5” gauge tramwayoperated during the 19th century along the east bank of the Juniata River.Tracks Around Mount Union tells thestory of an under-recognized railroad town that was once teeming with the roarof steam locomotives and the pungent aroma of coal smoke. This title is FrankKyper’s sixth book on railroading in thenortheast.Softbound,11x8.5, 134 pages, photographs, illustrations.Visit our store to view other books of interest. We add newbooks regularly so check back often.
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