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AMR/UGM Three Mine Tour

By robertjohndavis

Our friends the Underground Miners at Abandoned Mine Research, Inc. ran a great tour back on May 17, 2008 to all three operating anthracite coal mine tours - one in each of the three eastern Pennsylvania anthracite fields. Christian Abraham took some video, so enjoy the tours! Continental #190 Slope - Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour in Taylor, PA #9 Tour in Lansford, PA Pioneer Tunnel in Ashland, PA The tourist season is starting. Please head out and patronize these living examples of anthracite... »

Lehigh Valley Railroad Coach Available

By robertjohndavis

The Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, MO is reducing the size of their railroad collection. among the pieces they do not want is an all steel ex Lehigh Valley coach. This is a very rare bird. Any interest in bringing her back east? The coach, which ended life as Chicago & Eastern Illinois #405, was built in 1911 though the... »

Mystery South Jersey Depot

By robertjohndavis

I snapped an iPhone image of this structure exactly one year ago today. It looks like a depot though there was no obvious grade near by. It is in southwestern NJ down around Turnpike Exit... »

LC&N Images

By robertjohndavis
Lansford Colliery #6

A recent eBay win found me the proud owner of 6 prints taken by Allen B. Pomeroy, Jr. around Lansford, PA in the late 1940's or early 1950's. The images feature the Lansford #6 colliery of the Lehigh Coal &... »

Slide Scanner Mania Begins

By robertjohndavis
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Ahhh, now that I can scan my slides, expect to see some goodies pop up here now and then. I will not post high quality versions as I do not want them passed around, but some sized for web viewing... »

Baltimore’s First Brewer Got His Start in Scranton

By robertjohndavis

Interesting article in the Baltimore Sun. All local beer lovers know of the colorful 1879 statue of King Gambrinus, "the patron saint of brewers," which stood in a niche for years above a door of the old J. F. Wiessner Brewery... »