Honesdale, 85, 187–189, 200, 217–218
Hood, John Mifflin, 81–82
Hoodlebug Trail, 306
Horseshoe Curve, 2, 68, 69, 230, 242, 251–254, 263
Houtzdale Line Trail, 180
Hudson River Railroad, 167–168, 203
Humphreysville, 34
Hydetown, 316
Inclined planes, 14, 155, 188, 195, 229, 233, 245–248, 252–253, 265
Ashley Planes, 186
Belmont Plane, 4
Duquesne Incline, 291–292
in Johnstown, 257, 258, 263
Mahanoy Plane, 121, 122, 139
Monongahela Incline, 290–292
in Philadelphia, 4
in Pittsburgh, 267, 285, 286, 290–292
Indiana County Parks & Trails, 265
Indian Creek Valley Bike Trail, 306
Iron Horse Trail, 108
Irvine, 315
Ivy Ridge Trail, 42
Jefferson Branch (Delaware & Hudson Railroad), 224
Jersey Shore (town), 151, 179
Jersey Shore, Pine Creek & Buffalo Railroad, 179
JFK Walking Trail, 149
Jim Mayer Riverwalk, 265
Jim Thorpe, 8, 117–118, 197–198, 200, 205–207, 219–223
Joanna, 136
Johnston, John Taylor, 202–203
Johnstown, 13, 229, 233, 238–241, 257–258, 263, 265, 297
JRA (Joint Rail Authority), 118–120, 148
Juniata Valley Railroad, 119
Justus Recreation Trail, Samuel, 327
Kane, 165, 176–177
Kane, Thomas L., 165–166
Kansas City Southern, 67
Kempton, 135–136, 143
Keystone Line (Amtrak), 81
Kiski Junction Railroad, 301, 306
Kittanning, 305
Kutztown, 11
Kutztown Branch (Reading system), 11
Lackawanna & Bloomsburg Railroad, 184
Lackawanna & Western Railroad, 184
Lackawanna Cutoff, 192
Lackawanna Railroad, 184, 201–202, 204
Lackawanna Railroad Authority, 191, 202
Lackawanna River Heritage Trail, 224
Lackawaxen, 217–219
Lahaska, 45
Lake Cities (train), 213
Lake Erie & Western Railroad, 309
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway, 151–152, 168, 266, 308
Lake Shore Limited (train), 319
Lancaster, 4, 14, 73, 79, 80, 83, 91–92, 124, 127, 262
Lancaster Junction Trail, 108
Lancaster Northern, 11
Landisville, 79
Lanesboro, 181, 189, 214, 216, 224
Lansdale, 46, 57, 59–61, 115, 186, 187
Lansdale-Doylestown Line (SEPTA), 59
Lansford, 206–207
Larimer, 296
Latrobe, 263, 297–299
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 243–244
Laurel Run Railroad, 143
Lebanon Valley Branch (Reading system), 131
Lebanon Valley Junction, 133
Lebanon Valley Railroad, 112
Lebanon Valley Rail-Trail, 108
Leesport, 132, 133
Lehigh & Hudson River Railroad, 20
Lehigh and New England Railroad, 149
Lehigh and New England Trail, 149
Lehigh & Susquehanna Division (Central Railroad of New Jersey), 197
Lehigh & Susquehanna Railroad, 186, 197, 223
Lehigh Canal South (D&L Trail), 63
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company, 8, 27, 186, 194–198
Lehigh Division (Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad), 117, 207
Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway, 118, 205, 207, 221–222
Lehigh Navigation Company, 194
Lehigh Railway, 191
Lehighton, 116
Lehigh Valley Railroad (LV), 8–10, 20, 26, 27, 52, 54, 57, 78, 85, 113, 116, 117, 142, 186, 191, 196, 197, 206, 207
Lehigh Valley Transit, 18, 23
LeTort Spring Run Nature Trail, 108
Lewistown, 2, 8, 228
Lewistown Cluster (Conrail), 119
Ligetts’ Gap Rail Road, 184
Light Rail Transit Program (the T), 285
Ligonier, 299–300
Ligonier Railroad, 299
Limerick, 124
Lititz, 73, 78, 107–108
Lititz Warwick Trailway, 107–108
Little Schuylkill Railroad, 110–112, 139
Lock Haven, 155
Locksley, 46
Locomotive(s)
Alco, 191
Baldwin, 19–20, 36, 48–50, 136, 261, 323
camelbacks, 128
Class K4s, 253
Climax, 159, 172, 323–324
Fairmont A8, 103–104
GE, 320–321
GG1, 31, 80, 95
GP9, 253
Heisler, 159, 172, 314
Henry Clay, 136–137
Lancaster, 92
Number 3713, 202
Rocket, 49
Shay, 159, 165, 172–173
Stourbridge Lion, 188, 217, 226
Tom Thumb, 226
Waynesburg & Washington Number 4, 300–301
Locust Summit, 142
Logging railroads, 57, 61, 156, 158–161, 172–173, 324
Louella, 37
Louisville & Nashville Railroad, 271
Lower Merion Township, 36, 41
Lower Trail, 265
Loyalhanna, 228
Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway Company, 191
Lycoming Creek Bikeway, 180
Lycoming Valley Railroad, 119, 120, 146
Lykens Valley Rail Trail, 108
Mahoning Coal Railroad, 266
Mahoning Shadow Trail, 180
Malvern, 14, 17, 46, 262
Manhattan Elevated Railway, 284
Manheim, 73, 92–93
Manunka Chunk, 198
Manyunk, 16, 41, 43
Manyunk Norristown Regional Rail Line (SEPTA), 19
Marietta, 93–94
Market Street Elevated Line, 18
Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad (“Ma and Pa”), 77–78, 100–101, 103–105, 108
Maryland Central Railroad, 78
Mauch Chunk, 8, 186, 193–198, 205–206, 222
Mauch Chunk, Summit Hill & Switchback Railroad, 195, 197
McVeytown, 228
Meadville, 308, 312, 316
Mechanicsburg, 57, 90–91
Media, 17, 58–60
Mehoopany, 191
Merion, 22
Metroliner (train), 7
Michigan Central Railroad, 151, 167, 168
Michigan Southern Railway, 151
Middle Creek Trail, 108
Middleport, 149
Middletown, 13, 69–70, 73, 99, 109, 231
Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad, 99–100
Middletown & New Jersey Railroad, 11
Milesburg, 162
Milton, 142, 155
Mineral Point, 265
Minersville, 138
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad, 185, 204
Model railroading, 54–56, 80, 89–91, 116–117, 126, 133, 136, 141–144, 205–206, 212, 257, 295–296
Mohawk & Hudson Rail Road, 150
Molly Maguires, 122–124, 140, 206
Mon Line (Norfolk Southern), 270
Monroe County Rail Authority, 191
Monroeton, 117, 191
Montour Trail, 305
Morris & Essex Railroad, 184, 204
Morrisville, 12
Moscow, 210
Mountain Division (Pennsy), 229, 248, 276
Mount Carbon, 112
Mount Carbon Railroad, 121
Mount Carmel, 119, 125, 142
Mount Holly / Mount Holly Springs, 77
Mount Jewett, 173, 175–176
Mount Joy, 79
Mount Pocono, 192
Mount Union, 85, 261
Muhlenberg Rail Trai
l, 149
National Railroad Passenger Corporation, 21
Nesquehoning 207
Nesquehoning Valley Railroad, 195
Newberry Yard, 119
New Castle, 313
New Freedom, 102, 107
New Hope, 45
New Hope & Ivyland Railroad (NH&I), 45–46
New Kensington, 273
New Portage Railroad, 230, 233–234, 246, 248
Newport and Shermans Valley Railroad Trace, 108
Newtown, 160
Newtown Square Branch (Pennsy), 51–52
New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad & Coal Company, 166, 173
New York, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, 184–185
New York, Ontario & Western Railroad, 224
New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad, 24–25
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYSW), 190
New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railroad (the West Shore), 151, 236–237
New York & Erie Railroad (NY&E, the Erie), 150–151, 173, 181–185, 189, 200, 208, 214–216, 229, 283, 311, 324
New York & Harlem Railroad, 167, 168, 203
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, 151
New York Central Railroad (NYC), 7, 150–152, 154, 166–168, 179, 182, 183, 236–238, 244, 255, 266, 267, 279, 283, 308–310, 313, 317–319, 321–322, 324
Nicholson, 210, 216–217
Nickel Plate Road (New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad), 66, 185, 213, 272, 308–310, 317, 319–320, 322
Nittany & Bald Eagle Railroad, 118–120, 162, 231
Nor-Bath Trail, 63
Norfolk & Western Railway, 66, 185, 190, 270, 272, 310
Norfolk Southern (NS), 11, 12, 20, 43, 47–48, 53, 66–69, 77, 78, 93, 96, 98–99, 103, 107, 117, 119, 130, 152, 154, 161, 189–191, 215, 231, 262, 264, 270–272, 296, 301, 312, 319–320
Norristown, 15, 16, 18, 19, 62
Norristown High Speed Line (SEPTA), 19
North American Railways (proposed), 310
North Country Trail, 180
Northeast Pennsylvania Railroad, 45
Northern Central Rail Trail, 106
Northern Central Railway, 5, 65, 72, 76, 97–98, 102–103, 106, 107, 119, 156, 169, 184
Northern Pacific Railroad, 317
North Pennsylvania Railroad, 9
North Shore Connector (Port Authority of Allegheny County), 285
North Shore Railroad, 118, 120, 146, 154
Northumberland, 13, 85, 118, 184, 232
Northwest Lancaster County River Trail, 108
Northwest Pennsylvania Rail Authority, 312
NS Heartland Corridor Project, 67–68
Oakland, 296
Oakmont, 272, 273, 306
O&W Rail Trail, 224
Octoraro Line (Pennsy), 11
Ohiopyle, 305
Oil, 113, 114, 151, 305, 314–318, 324–327
Oil City, 151, 305, 314, 316, 318
Oil Creek & Allegheny River Railway, 318, 324
Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad (OC&T), 312, 324–327
Oil Creek Cross Cut Railroad, 327
Oil Creek Railroad, 315, 318, 324
Oil Creek State Park Trail, 327
Old Penn Haven, 118, 207, 221
Orbisonia, 259
Overbrook, 22
Ox-bow Curve, 221
Packer, Asa, 26–27
Palo Alto, 125
Pan Am Railways, 68
Panhandle Lines (Pennsy), 242, 267, 276, 280, 285, 296
Panhandle Trail, 305
Paoli, 34, 95, 261–262, 264
Paoli Local (train), 38, 85
Paoli-Thorndale Line (SEPTA), 37
Paradise, 82, 87
Parkesburg, 18
Path of the Flood Trail, 265
PATrain, 285
Patriot Corridor (Norfolk Southern), 68
Peach Bottom Railway, 78
Penn Central Railroad, 7–8, 10, 20, 44, 45, 87, 106, 152, 190, 267, 270, 303, 316
Penn Eastern Rail Lines, 11
Pennsy (Pennsylvania Railroad) (PRR), 1–7, 10, 11, 15, 17, 19, 34, 37, 40–41, 51–52, 57, 65, 68, 73, 78, 79, 83, 86, 87, 92, 98, 106, 112, 113, 115, 119, 121–122, 142, 146, 150–152, 155, 156, 169, 170, 176, 179, 182, 184, 190, 198, 201, 226–230, 234–244, 246–249, 252–255, 262, 265, 266, 268–271, 273–275, 279–280, 282, 283, 285, 294–301, 306–308, 310, 312–314, 318–319, 322, 324
Civil War and, 74–75
in downtown Philadelphia, 27–34, 44, 59, 60
riots, 276–278
stations, 6, 8, 18, 21, 22, 25–33, 35, 36, 38, 39, 44, 52, 59, 60, 80–81, 85, 94–96, 152, 263, 267, 280, 286–287, 292–294, 297–298
Pennsylvania Division (New York Central), 151
Pennsylvanian, the (train), 261–262
Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad, 46
Pennsylvania Special (train), 5
Penn Township, 15
Perkiomen Branch (Reading system), 11
Perkiomen Cluster (Reading system), 11
Perkiomen Trail, 62
Petersburg Branch (Pennsy), 265
Philadelphia, 1–9, 11–20, 22–27, 36, 42, 46, 47, 49–51, 54–56, 61–63, 69–72, 75, 79, 81, 82, 87, 91, 109–112, 114, 115, 120, 124, 125, 127, 130, 139, 154–156, 163, 172, 184, 186, 187, 190, 191, 193–195, 198, 225, 226, 228–232, 234, 236, 238, 239, 242, 245, 246, 254, 275–277, 292, 293, 319, 323
electrified lines, 6–7, 18
Pennsy in downtown, 27–34, 44, 59, 60
Philadelphia, Bethlehem & New England Railroad, 53
Philadelphia, Germantown & Chestnut Hill Railroad, 39
Philadelphia, Germantown & Norristown Railroad (P&GN), 15–16, 19, 111
Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad, 6
Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad, 59, 81
Philadelphia & Baltimore Railroad, 81
Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad, 3–4, 13–15, 17, 27, 82–83, 111, 229, 242
Philadelphia & Delaware County Railroad, 51
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, 8–10, 19, 32–33, 38–40, 42, 43, 47, 49, 70, 74, 77, 84, 85, 111–114, 121–123, 126, 129, 141, 143, 169, 186, 226, 237, 238
Philadelphia and Western Railroad (P&W), 18–19, 62–63
Philadelphia and Western Railway, 18
Phoebe Snow, 200, 204, 209
Phoenixville, 42, 55, 106, 173
Pine Creek Trail, 179–180
Pioneer Railcorp, 77
Pitcairn, Robert, 283
Pitcairn Yard, 270
Pittsburgh, 1–2, 4, 5, 24, 68, 81, 98, 117, 152, 155, 159, 225, 226, 228–231, 234, 237–239, 241, 242, 246, 252, 254, 262–264, 266–273, 275–276, 280–298, 301, 303–307, 311, 315–316, 318–319, 324
canals, 13, 14, 273–274, 285
inclined planes, 267, 285, 286, 290–292
renaissance, 279–280
riots, 276–278
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway, 267, 276
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway, 5, 242, 276
Pittsburgh, McKeesport & Youghiogheny Railroad, 267
Pittsburgh, Shenango & Lake Erie Railroad, 307
Pittsburgh, Virginia & Charleston Railway, 276
Pittsburgh, Westmoreland and Somerset Railroad, 296
Pittsburgh & Conneaut Dock Company, 310–311, 322
Pittsburgh & Connellsville Railroad, 244, 276
Pittsburgh & Erie Railroad, 312
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad (P&LE), 65, 152, 237, 266–267, 271, 279, 286–288, 299, 303
Pittsburgh & Mansfield Railroad, 268
Pittsburgh & Ohio Central Railroad, 231
Pittsburgh & Western Railroad, 226
Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway (P&WV), 66, 269–270, 279
Pittsburgh Division (Norfolk Southern), 68, 270
Pittsburgh Line (Norfolk Southern), 270
Pittsburg
h Railways Company, 285
Pittston, 116, 117, 183, 184, 232
Plainfield Township Trail, 63
Port Authority of Allegany County, 273, 284–285, 290, 292, 297
Port Carbon, 13
Port Clinton, 109–112, 116–118, 125, 130, 133–135
Port Deposit Branch (Philadelphia & Baltimore Railroad), 81
Port Griffith, 189
Port Richmond, 39–40, 115
Portsmouth, 13, 73
Portsmouth & Lancaster Railroad, 73
Pottstown, 124–126, 148
Pottsville, 62, 120, 121, 124, 125, 148–149
Pullman cars, 5, 85, 118, 202, 282, 322
PWS Trail System, 306
Pymatuning State Park Spillway Trail, 327
Quakertown, 11
Quakertown Line (Reading system), 11
Radnor Trail, 62–63
RailAmerica Inc., 77, 154
Railroad (town), 106–107
Rail-trails, 42, 61–63, 66, 105–108, 148–149, 179–180, 221–224, 265, 279, 304–306, 326–327
Rapho Township, 79
Reading, 13, 32, 57, 68, 70, 109–112, 114, 116, 117, 125–126, 128–133, 135, 143, 148
Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad (RBMN), 116, 191, 207
Reading & Columbia Division (Philadelphia & Reading Railroad), 74
Reading & Columbia Railroad, 73–74, 92, 93
Reading & Northern Railroad, 115–118, 130, 134–135, 138, 191
Reading Cluster (Conrail), 116
Reading Division (Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad), 116, 207
Reading Line (Norfolk Southern), 130
Reading Railroad / Reading system, 11–12, 20, 44, 45, 56–59, 62, 74, 78, 81, 83, 92–93, 96, 99–100, 113–115, 120–122, 124, 125, 127–135, 138–140, 142–145, 186
Red Lion, 78, 108
Red Lion Mile (trail), 108
Renovo, 156
Rheems, 79
Richmond & Danville Railroad, 99
Roaring Run Trail, 306
Robbins Trail, J. Manley, 149
Robinson, Moncure, 126
Rochester & Syracuse, 150
Rondout, 189
Royer’s Ford, 124
Safe Harbor, 107
Salunga, 79
Sandy Creek Trail, 327
Santa Fe Railroad, 298
Sayre, 191
Schenectady & Troy, 150
Schenley, 301, 306
Schuylkill Division (Pennsy), 41, 115
Schuylkill Haven, 125
Schuylkill River Trail, 62, 148
Schuylkill Valley Heritage Trail, 149
Scott, Thomas A., 23–24
Scranton, 117, 184, 189–192, 198, 200, 201, 204, 208–213, 224
Scranton Limited (train), 210
Seaboard Air Line, 271
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, 227, 270, 271
Seaboard System Railroad, 271
SEDACOG (Susquehanna Economic Development Association–Council of Governments), 118–120, 146–148, 154, 231
Seelyville, 188