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First Post, PRR Erie + Pittsburgh Br. inquiry

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Posted by rluke on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 7:56 PM

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Posted by Bill Metzger on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 4:59 PM

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PRR is one of my favorite RR's, but the E&P seems to be rarely discussed, and it's not a branch I've personally studied.  I suggest you start by checking the Keystone Crossings web site.  The branch was probably covered in a past issue of the KEYSTONE, which is the magazine of the PRR Historical & Technical Society, but I don't have a complete list of those magazines.  Maybe somebody else can add to this.  Good luck.

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In the course of doing the Erie map, I learned that Al Buchan has a soon-to-be-published book on the E & P.  Watch for it.
 
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Posted by RailBrunch on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 2:49 PM
Thank you so much. I'll check the Keystone website and go from there.
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Posted by ACY Tom on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 11:29 AM

PRR is one of my favorite RR's, but the E&P seems to be rarely discussed, and it's not a branch I've personally studied.  I suggest you start by checking the Keystone Crossings web site.  The branch was probably covered in a past issue of the KEYSTONE, which is the magazine of the PRR Historical & Technical Society, but I don't have a complete list of those magazines.  Maybe somebody else can add to this.  Good luck.

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First Post, PRR Erie + Pittsburgh Br. inquiry
Posted by RailBrunch on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 4:55 AM

hello. This is my first post, and like others, I'm not sure where to ask it. In the current (April 2015) edition of Trains, there's a map of the Erie, PA area, which is of personal interest, being a former NW PA native. As a kid, I'd follow the abandoned PRR Erie+Pittsburgh branch on my bike, making it as far as its former overpass of the B+LE main line. My question: where can I find information, photos, etc. of this line? My online searches turn up nothing of use, which is odd for one of the oldest ( built 1867, abandoned more than a hundred years later) lines in this NW PA area. Thank you!

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