The East Broad Top Railroad Preservation Association

The East Broad Top Railroad Preservation Association
Rockhill, Pennsylvania (PA), US
The East Broad Top is a narrow-gauge railroad nestled amongst the Allegheny Mountains in south central Pennsylvania. Chartered in 1856 to tap into the vast semi-bituminous coal fields located on Broad Top Mountain, the EBT dutifully carried coal to fuel the booming iron furnaces located in Rockhill Furnace, PA. The East Broad Top was abandoned in April 1956 and the future looked grim. However, in the summer of 1960, the railroad was resurrected during the Bicentennial of the twin boroughs of Orbisonia and Rockhill Furnace, the home operating base of the East Broad Top.

Ever since that fateful summer in 1960, the East Broad Top has hauled tourists eager to enjoy a ride through the rolling hills in the Aughwick Valley. In 2010, the EBT celebrated fifty years of tourist operations.
The East Broad Top is a narrow-gauge railroad nestled amongst the Allegheny Mountains in south central Pennsylvania. Chartered in 1856 to tap into the vast semi-bituminous coal fields located on Broad Top Mountain, the EBT dutifully carried coal to fuel the booming iron furnaces located in Rockhill Furnace, PA. The East Broad Top was abandoned in April 1956 and the future looked grim. However, in the summer of 1960, the railroad was resurrected during the Bicentennial of the twin boroughs of Orbisonia and Rockhill Furnace, the home operating base of the East Broad Top.

Ever since that fateful summer in 1960, the East Broad Top has hauled tourists eager to enjoy a ride through the rolling hills in the Aughwick Valley. In 2010, the EBT celebrated fifty years of tourist operations.
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