by 2nd trick op
The Coxe Brothers cntrolled a series of mines along the upeer reaches of Black Creek, from Tomhicken through Fern Glen, Gum Run and Deringer. This line was later paralelled By PRR's Nescopeck/Schuylkill Branches, which provided an outlet to Philadelphia for the PRR's captive mines in the Wilkes-Barre area.
I'm assuming that the line was statndard-gagued not long after the LV assumed control of the property. By 1913, an interlocking plant controlled the PRR/LV junction at Gum Rum, as evidenced by the attached link to a photo. Traffic on this line appears to have diminished substantially after the 1925 anthracite strike.
http://www.lvrr.com/index.php?album=%2F ... 0-1913.jpg
The Pennsy ran two Wilkes-Barre/Philly passenger runs into the 1930's. These operated on LV trackage rights between Tomhicken and New Boston, and likely backed into LV's Hazleton passenger station from a line that skirted the city to the west. It appears that no interlocking was ever built at either end of the trackage rights. Crews simply called the dispatcher for permission to enter, then reported clear at the opposite end.
A PRR employee timetable from the early 1930's at Derrick Brashear's dementia wiki still shows GUM RUN in service. but it had been reduced to an unmanned, or "block-limit" stattion by the early 1950's. The line from Nescopeck was severed by flooding from Hurricane Hazel, and cut back to an operating strip mine at Gowen. There are some indications that although the trackage remained a PRR property, LV assumed responsibility for operations as part of an agreement that also involved the Shenandoah Branch.
A large volume of Coxe family records have also been archived by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, as evidenced below:
http://www.hsp.org/default.aspx?id=507
I'm assuming that the line was statndard-gagued not long after the LV assumed control of the property. By 1913, an interlocking plant controlled the PRR/LV junction at Gum Rum, as evidenced by the attached link to a photo. Traffic on this line appears to have diminished substantially after the 1925 anthracite strike.
http://www.lvrr.com/index.php?album=%2F ... 0-1913.jpg
The Pennsy ran two Wilkes-Barre/Philly passenger runs into the 1930's. These operated on LV trackage rights between Tomhicken and New Boston, and likely backed into LV's Hazleton passenger station from a line that skirted the city to the west. It appears that no interlocking was ever built at either end of the trackage rights. Crews simply called the dispatcher for permission to enter, then reported clear at the opposite end.
A PRR employee timetable from the early 1930's at Derrick Brashear's dementia wiki still shows GUM RUN in service. but it had been reduced to an unmanned, or "block-limit" stattion by the early 1950's. The line from Nescopeck was severed by flooding from Hurricane Hazel, and cut back to an operating strip mine at Gowen. There are some indications that although the trackage remained a PRR property, LV assumed responsibility for operations as part of an agreement that also involved the Shenandoah Branch.
A large volume of Coxe family records have also been archived by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, as evidenced below:
http://www.hsp.org/default.aspx?id=507
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