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Bells & Whistles in Old Perry by Steinmetz Central Pennsylvania Hard Cover
Bells & Whistles in Old Perry by Steinmetz and Kramer
Bells & Whistles in Old Perry
Richard H. Steinmetz and Fredrick A. Kramer
Hard cover with dust jacket Dust jacket has damage
110 Pages
Copyright 1974
Contents
LIST OF MAPS AND DRAWINGS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
REFERENCES
FOREWORD
OLD PERRY 1
a background review of the land,
its people and their commercial pursuits
IRONWORKS OVERTURE 7
a grace note
before the steam railroad chorus began
DREAMS OF RAILS 9
for a generation and a half
the transportation dilemma went unresolved
RAILS ARRIVE 15
the development period brought colorful,
but troubled, railroads to Old Perry
CONOCOCHEAGUE 27
tunnelling and lumbering,
a dozen years of mountain operations
UNITY 35
standard gauge finances
precipitated a consolidation of interests
EXPERIENCES 39
some true tales
of the railroadmen
PROSPERITY FADES 45
the lumber bonanza over,
adjustment to the valley economy followed
TOEHOLD IN THE 20'S 55
partial abandonment, and still
the dual gauge problem persisted
THE FINAL BELL 65
the inevitable was resisted
to the last hour
DATA AND ROSTERS 75 IN THE AFTERLIGHT 85
thumbnail histories and guides
to the places of Old Perry
For forty-three years, narrow gauge trains served Perry County, one of the most beautiful counties of Central Pennsylvania. There, within thirty miles of the capitol at Harrisburg, the fabled Newport & Sherman's Valley Railroad steamed west from the Susquehanna River. It dodged the rolling foothills, followed the twisting watercourses and aimed toward the Great Stand of Hemlock, high on Conococheague Mountain where Sherman's Valley begins. The railroad was built to bring the lumber to market. David Gring did that.
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