Map of Railroads

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CR Dash8-40CW #6099 at Solomon's Gap, Mountaintop Ron Balewski	CP Rail SD40 #5534 at Solomon's Gap, Mtop Mike Pryor	RBMN U23B @ Solomon's Gap, Mtop #2399 Robert Palmer	CP SD40-2 Crestwood Rd in Mountaintop, PA #5717 Ron Balewski
CP SD40-2 At Nanticoke Crossing #5415 Ron Balewski	SP SD40 redone at Morrison Knudson in Mountaintop, PA #8650 Ron Balewski	Vulcan 65T  mfg in Wilkes-Barre Maurice Grimes	DH GP38-2 Derailed at Hudson Yard #7303 Mike Pryor
PRR 2-8-2 L1 Buttonwood Yd Hanover Twp #3197 Frank Watson-Laws	PRR 2-8-2 L1 Buttonwood Yd Hanover Twp #3197 Frank Watson-Laws	PRR 2-8-2 L1 Buttonwood Yd Hanover Twp #3197 Frank Watson-Laws	PRR 2-8-0 H10 Berwick #7010 Max Miller-Laws
PRR M1 4-8-2 Buttonwood Yd, Hanover PA 1948 Frank Waton-Bud Laws	PRR 4-4-2 E5 Lehigh Depot, 1946 #9831 Frank Watson-Laws	PRR 4-4-2 E6 Lehigh Depot, 1946 #668 Frank Watson-Laws	Jedo Highland Coal Co GE 35T #2, Harleigh PA 1986 CH
RBBB Circus @Wilkes-Barre 2000 Michael G. Rushton	DH U30C Wilkes-Barre DH Term 1970 #710 Al Holleuffer	RBBB Circus @Wilkes-Barre 2000 Michael G. Rushton	DH RS3 #4057, Wilkes-Barre DH Term 1965 WM Kuba-BL
DH RS3 #4082, Wilkes-Barre DH Term 1964 WM Kuba-BL	DH C628 #602, Wilkes-Barre DH Term 1964 WM Kuba-Bud Laws	DH C628 #602, Wilkes-Barre DH Term 1964 WM Kuba-Bud Laws	CNJ GP7 #1528, CNJ Station, Wilkes-Barre PA 1962
DH 0-8-0 #81, Wilkes-Barre PA 1947 ©Harold Vollrath	Wanamie Mine Locomotive in , Wanamie, Pa. 1966	Wanamie Mine Locomotive #4 , Wanamie, Pa. 1966	Morrison Knudsen SW-1 #243, MK Rebuild plant, Mtop PA 1992, nee EJE243, ex Fairless Works 243 PA, blt 1941 cn1401 Gary Pancavage
Glen Alden Coal 0-4-0T #8, Wanamie, PA 1967 Ken Houghton	West Pittston - Exeter Alco S-4 #6, Selisgrove PA 1974 | WPE J Hand	West Pittston - Exeter 2-6-0 #5, WPE	Towanda Monroeton Shippers Lifeline SW1 #26, Towanda PA 2010, nee ACL 1901, exx xprt1, exxRFP1, ex RFP50, blt 1939, cn909 Sam Botts
Lehigh River U23B #2302, Towanda PA 2010, nee CR 2794 blt 1977 cn41589 Mark Obrzut		Lehigh River U23B #2304, Towanda PA 2010 Sam Botts
The Wilkes-Barre & Hazleton Electric Railway climbed 3 mountains in its path over 1,200 feet in elevation, with only one half-mile tunnel on Penobscot Mountain, and no grade crossings. The first cars rolled onto the tracks in 1903, and traveled the complete 30-mile trip from Hazleton to the 3rd floor terminal in Wilkes-Barre in 1907. A protected electrical line called the "3rd rail", prevented delays in the winter. With improvements in highway transportation and the construction of Rt 309, the brainchild of Hazleton financier, Alvan Markle, stopped operations with Car 228 stranded on the 3rd floor WB terminal. See the Rail Map to see the peaceful path through Nuangola, Blytheburn, and Albert in Mountaintop. The Terminal was located in Wilkes-Barre. The Roster shows the equipment acquired from 1903-1915 Data sources: Times Leader, 8/30/98, by Juan Torres, and Mountaintop on the Move, P.O. Box 212, 474-6397			WBH Trolly #202 WBH Trolly #204 Courtesy Hazleton Historical Society

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