Wilkes-Barre & Hazleton Electric Railway

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North East Rails
Wilkes-Barre & Hazleton
Electric Railway

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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. 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 #214	WBH Trolly #204 Courtesy Hazleton Historical Society	Wilkes-Barre & Hazelton #204, St Johns PA 1909
In 1932, three Mack Rail buses replaced the large double truck interurban cars, opertaing between Wilkes-Barre and Hazle Park for approximately 1 year.WB&H abandon operations 9/17/1933.⁽²⁾
WBH Mack Railbus #204 , Wilkes-Barre LVNHR⁽²⁾		WBH Mack Railbus #206 , Hazle Park LVNHR⁽²⁾
WBH Nuangola 1912	WBH Nuangola Station PA, 1912	WBH Alberts Corners , Mountaintop PA 1907	WBH N.portal Penobscot Mtn., 1908
WBH station, Wilkes-Barre	WBH station, Wilkes-Barre 1913		WBH Terminal, Wilkes-Barre 1909
The company's subsidiary, the LTC, operated a 22 mile trolley line between Hazleton and Freeland, serving an anthracite mining area. It was built in 1893 and abandonded in 1932.
Lehigh Traction Co & WBH station, Hazletion	Lehigh Traction Co & WBH station, Wyoming St., Hazletion	Lehigh Valley Traction car barn, Hazelton PA 1910	Lehigh Traction Car Barm. , Hazleton PA 1935
Lehigh Traction Co 'Jewel', Hazleton PA 1900	Lehigh Traction Co. , Hazleton PA 1908	Lehigh Traction "MacAdoo" #60 , Hazleton PA 1929	Lehigh Traction Co 'Harleigh' Brill #70, Hazleton PA 1923, blt1915, #cn19657 Don Ross

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Wilkes-Barre & Hazleton Electric Railway Roster 1
Road Nbr	Name	Builder	Built	Description	Disposition
		Brill	1903	Pass/Baggage	wrecked 1907
202 - Hazleton HS	Wilkes-Barre	Brill	1903	Wood Pass/Baggage 51'	to Wash Balt Annapolis RR 1916
204 - Hazleton HS	Hazleton	Brill	1903	Wood Pass/Baggage 51'	to Wash Balt Annapolis RR 1916
204		Mack	1932	Rail Bus	to LV Transit
206		Brill	1903	Wood Pass/Baggage 51' MU	to Wash Balt Annapolis RR 1916
206		Mack	1932	Rail Bus	to LV Transit 1933
208		Brill	1903	Wood Pass/Baggage 51' MU	to Wash Balt Annapolis RR 1916
210		Brill	1903	Wood Pass/Baggage 51' MU	to Wash Balt Annapolis RR 1916
212		Brill	1903	Wood Pass/Baggage 51' MU	to Wash Balt Annapolis RR 1916
214	Wilkes-Barrre	Brill	1915	Steel Pass/Baggage 54' MU	scrapped 1934
216	Hazleton	Brill	1915	Steel Pass/Baggage 54' MU	scrapped 1934
218	Antracite	Brill	1915	Steel Pass/Baggage 54' MU	scrapped 1934
220	Lehigh	Brill	1915	Steel Pass/Baggage 54' MU	wrecked 1928
222	Luzerne	Brill	1915	Steel Pass/Baggage 54' MU
224	Wyoming	Brill	1915	Steel Pass/Baggage 54' MU	scrapped 1934
226	Kislyn	Brill	1915	Steel Pass/Baggage 54' MU	scrapped 1934
228	Nuangola	Brill	1915	Steel Pass/Baggage 54' MU	scrapped 1935
230	Bytheburn	Brill	1915	Steel Pass/Baggage 54' MU	scrapped 1935
232	Westmoreland	Brill	1915	Steel Pass/Baggage 54' MU	wrecked 1928
300	Nescopeck	Brill	1907	Wood Bag/Freight 51' MU	Scrapped 1934
301			1912	Wooden Ash Car
302			1912	Wooden Box Car
303			1912	Wooden Ash Car
304			1912	Wooden Box Car
305			1912	Wooden Ash Car
306			1912	Wooden Box Car
307			1912	Wooden Ash Car
308			1912	Wooden Box Car
310			1912	Wooden Box Car
312			1912	Wooden Box Car
314			1912	Wooden Box Car
316			1912	Wooden Box Car
318			1912	Wooden Box Car
400 - Don Ross 400 - Don Ross		Alco-GE	1912	60T Steeple Cab	to Ohio PS 1933, then Toledo & Eastern,1945
401		Brill	1903	Portable Sub Sta 36'
500			1912	Wooden Caboose
¹Roster compiled from: "Wilkes-Barre & Hazleton Electric Railway", Cdr. E.J. Quinby, Model Craftsman Pub, Fredon, NJ © 1972
²"History of Mack Rail Motor Cars and Locomotives", LVNHS, © 1959

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