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Description 1885 Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad.png |
English:
"The
Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad
And Connections"--The G & H RR]] in 1885 was between
Hunter's Run
south to
Gettysburg
and, via its
Round Top Branch
,
Round Top
. The railroad's north connection was with the
South Mountain RR
, which ran between
Pine Grove Iron Works
and used
Gettysburg Junction
to connect the
Cumberland Valley RR
.
[1]
The south connection (not shown) was at Gettysburg with the east-west
Hanover Junction, Hanover & Gettysburg RR
.
name on map -- subsequent name H & P. Juntn. -- Carlisle Junction Hamton -- Hampton Oxford -- New Oxford Berlin -- East Berlin Spring Forge -- Spring Grove |
Date | after May 25, 1885 ... "Table Rock" first appeared on the schedule of May 25, 1885; "Zion Church" [2] did not appear on G&H schedules from April 1884- May 1886, and "Bendersville Sta." had been moved southward to Aspers Station by 1888. [1] |
Source | 1885 map |
Author | Unknown author Unknown author |
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- ↑ Balch, William Ralston (1885) The Battle of Gettysburg: An Historical Account (Google Books), Harrisburg, Pennsylvania : Lane S. Hart Retrieved on 9 June 2011.
- ↑ Cathell, Dave. Rail Fan Day November 20, 2004 . Pioneer Lines Scenic Railroad . DaveCathell.tripod.com. Retrieved on 2011-07-03 . " After the Wolfpit climb, the G&H continues upgrade past Gardeners, Idaville and to the Cumberland County line at Starners, where the line's top elevation of 986' is achieved. The next stop, above, was at Goodyear on the western slope of South Mountain, elevation 856'. According to a very informative slide show by a long-time railroad employee, the line was at a slightly different alignment through here at one time. The village was named Goodyear sometime after 1901, at which time it was known as Zion Church. "