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Well-done history of the Montour Railroad and associated lines (the North Star and Mifflin RR, the Pittsburgh and Moon Run RR, the Mingo Valley RR, and the North Montour RR) and branches. With photos, descriptions and roster for each kind of equipment (locomotives, passenger cars, Brown hoist cranes, hopper cars, etc.). Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. With maps. 144 pages.
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- PublisherSilver Brook Junction Pub Co
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0964042525
- ISBN 13 9780964042520
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages144
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Fine. 28 x 21.5 cm. Quarto. 144pp. Bound in white illustrated wrappers. Photographs, maps. Seller Inventory # 74904
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 144 pages b/w photos - The Montour Railroad Company was chartered in 1877 as a wholly owed subsidiary of the Imperial Coal Company. The first segment constructed extended from the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad line at Montour Junction, near Coraopolis, Pennsylvania to the Imperial Coal Company mines at Imperial, Pennsylvania. In 1901, the Pittsburgh Coal Company assumed control of the railroad. A major expansion was undertaken in 1912 to reach new coal mines and factories. By 1917, the town of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania on the Monongahela River was reached. The Montour Railroad became an important feeder line and eventually all five major truck carriers in the southwestern Pennsylvania market were linked to the Montour Railroad. In 1946 the Pittsburgh Coal Company sold the Montour Railroad to the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad (a subsidiary of the New York Central Railroad), who operated it jointly. The P&LE acquired sole control of the Montour Railroad in 1975. The railroad's engine houses and shops were located at Montour Junction, near the Ohio River at Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. The Montour Railroad had passenger service in its early years from 15 stations along its route, but passenger service was abandoned by the mid 1920s. By the 1950s, most of the coal mines the Montour serviced had been worked out and the Montour began a slow decline. The Montour Railroad was down to just 23 miles of track between Montour Junction and Gilmore Junction when operations ceased in 1984 with the closing of the Westland Coal mine, the Montour's last remaining major customer. Seller Inventory # UB-013988
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