MER Clinic: History of the East Broad Top

Handsome and powerful Mikados, heavy coal traffic, and a private car once used by President Grover Cleveland - all on three-foot~ gauge track. In fact, Pennsylvania s East Broad Top Railroad was not only the last narrow gauge line this side of the Rockies but also a big-time operation in everything but width. This clinic will profile the line s history, rolling stock and operations, and is great background for those car-pooling to the EBT the following day. Lee Rainey is co-author of the definitive scholarly history of the railroad and now coordinator of volunteer restoration activities at the EBT s Rockhill Furnace headquarters. See the Friends of the East Broad Top website: http://www.febt.org/.

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