At the very beginning of this video, the flat land on the right used to have a clothes pin factory on it back in the day and a small siding went to it. But that area was prone to flooding from the Aughwick Creek and it only lasted a few years in operation. I have only ever seen 1 B & W picture of it and unfortunately, I do not know the years of its operation, but I think it was during the time of the Mckelvy Brothers logging operation. Is the whistle being blown on #16 the original? It sounds like a sick child with a cold and not very clear, crisp and loud at all. Starting @12:24, and again @30:50 the train crosses the "Big Fill" which when the line was originally built, they used a low-level trestle to cross this area as it was also prone to flooding when the Aughwick Creek flooded in the Springtime. This also helped to keep the gradient level and was later filled in with byproduct slag from the Iron Mill in Rockhill Furnace. I read in one EBT book (I forget which one) that after 1 spring flood that had washed out one part of the trestle, that it was then decided to fill it in and even 1 disused old tender from 1 of the old locomotives was used in it as part of the filling project. I think someone could find it with a ground penetrating radar system. @18:11 The distant view of the mountains is the Mount Union area and Jack's Mountain is in the distance. @25:00 Why was there no time spent at "The Grove"? no bathroom break or a chance for riders to inspect the train and take photo's with the Loco? That was cheesy of them to do and was nothing the operation I rode on in the 70's.
Very neat footage of the EBT Ethan I rode in the cinder car when I was at the EBT last month
At the very beginning of this video, the flat land on the right used to have a clothes pin factory on it back in the day and a small siding went to it. But that area was prone to flooding from the Aughwick Creek and it only lasted a few years in operation. I have only ever seen 1 B & W picture of it and unfortunately, I do not know the years of its operation, but I think it was during the time of the Mckelvy Brothers logging operation.
Is the whistle being blown on #16 the original? It sounds like a sick child with a cold and not very clear, crisp and loud at all.
Starting @12:24, and again @30:50 the train crosses the "Big Fill" which when the line was originally built, they used a low-level trestle to cross this area as it was also prone to flooding when the Aughwick Creek flooded in the Springtime. This also helped to keep the gradient level and was later filled in with byproduct slag from the Iron Mill in Rockhill Furnace. I read in one EBT book (I forget which one) that after 1 spring flood that had washed out one part of the trestle, that it was then decided to fill it in and even 1 disused old tender from 1 of the old locomotives was used in it as part of the filling project. I think someone could find it with a ground penetrating radar system.
@18:11 The distant view of the mountains is the Mount Union area and Jack's Mountain is in the distance.
@25:00 Why was there no time spent at "The Grove"? no bathroom break or a chance for riders to inspect the train and take photo's with the Loco? That was cheesy of them to do and was nothing the operation I rode on in the 70's.