by RailMike
A couple of weeks ago I drove between Ashland and Mahanoy City, and I noticed a rail line that looked like it was abandoned-in-place. The (new-looking) crossbucks were still intact and the grade crossings themselves seemed fully usable. But on the tracks themselves, the overgrowth was so thick and tall that it appeared you would need a controlled brushfire to bring the rails back into service.
Anyone know if this line is, in fact, abandoned? Or is it just "mothballed", waiting for a mine to reopen or something. I heard something about a railroad that was recently restored between Schuylkill County and Sunbury; is this it?
Anyone know if this line is, in fact, abandoned? Or is it just "mothballed", waiting for a mine to reopen or something. I heard something about a railroad that was recently restored between Schuylkill County and Sunbury; is this it?