Talk:Catawissa Railroad

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The article as completed in January 2012 does not mention that the line passed through Montour County also. This east-to-west segment of the line included 3 important spurs to iron works in the town of Danville. The freight to and from them contributed very considerably to the company's overall freight and revenue.

An important good source was not included, Stephen C. Troy's article "Early History of the Catawissa Railroad," which appeared in The Bee Line, the official publication of the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society, Inc., volume 23, number 4, 2001, pages 8 - 16. Numerous maps, black-and-white photographs, shipping documents, and passes issued to non-railroad employees are included as illustrations. Also, Troy makes the very early history more vivid by including an 1896 document of memoirs, unpublished, by James F. Smith. Smith had worked with Edward Miller, the chief civil engineer of the predecessor company back in the mid-1830s and described the challenges of building the railroad and what approach was needed for the mountain grades. Smith reported that Miller took an unorthodox view about grades.

There is some overlap between the existing Wikipedia article and what is reported in Troy's article. In general, Troy goes into more detail about the period 1831-1872.

Mention ought to be made of the short branch departing from the main line at Rupert and running to Bloomsburg, where iron foundries were served. Also, at Bloomsburg the branch line connected with the Bloomsburg & Sullivan Railroad that served northern Columbia County.

A segment of the line at the west end is still in service between Milton and Williamsport, and between Milton and West Milton with a bridge across the West Branch of the Susquehanna River. The main line continued to serve until March 31, 1976 when Conrail abandoned it just prior to taking control of the bankrupt Reading Railroad. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joafigator (talk • contribs) 18:50, 27 March 2012
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