The Altoona and Beech Creek Railroad was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad in Pennsylvania that operated during the late ninteeth and early twentieth...
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(North Shore Railroad (Pennsylvania)) Norfolk Southern (NS) NDC Railroad (NDC) North Shore Railroad (NSHR) Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad (OCTL) Pennsylvania...
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railroads in Colorado included the Rio Grande Southern, the Denver, South Park and Pacific, the Colorado Central, and the Florence and Cripple Creek....
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gauge railroad networks in the US were based in California, Colorado, and Hawaii. These narrow-gauge lines were easier to build than standard gauge and cost...
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connect the two railroads, giving Altoona and the southern Clearfield Coalfield an alternative outlet to the PRR, via the Beech Creek Railroad (New York Central)...
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Plant, and had to operate in two sections. Altoona and Beech Creek Railroad - failed to complete an extension to Fallentimber in 1903. Chambersburg and Gettysburg...
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permanent memorial and designate it as Britain's official national war memorial. The last train used the Altoona and Beech Creek Railroad. Effort failed to...
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extends into Ohio and Kentucky. The principal settlements of the Alleghenies are Altoona, State College, and Johnstown, Pennsylvania; and Cumberland, Maryland...
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List of amusement parks in the Americas (category Lists of buildings and structures in North America)
Monticello Lark Ranch, Greenfield and Loogootee Malibu Jack's, Lafayette Zao Island, Valparaiso Adventureland, Altoona Arnolds Park, Arnolds Park Lost Island...
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List of Norfolk Southern Railway lines (section Defunct Wabash lines (later Norfolk and Western and Norfolk Southern))
Mississippi River. In addition to lines inherited from predecessor railroads, Norfolk and Western, and the Southern Railway, it acquired many lines as part of the...
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List of municipalities in Pennsylvania (redirect from List of cities and boroughs in Pennsylvania by population)
municipalities. Many others today are neighborhoods, once organized about a railroad passenger station or post office. † -- County seat ^ -- Consolidated city-county...
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American Civil War (section Nationalism and honor)
Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2022, ch. 3. Pulling, Sr. Anne Frances, Altoona: Images of America, Arcadia Publishing, 2001, 10. Lincoln's Letter to A...
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ownership and use, and the consolidation of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Shop facilities to other locations such as Pittsburgh and Altoona. The closing...
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town tramway systems in North America (covers countries other than U.S. and Canada) List of street railways in Canada List of town tramway systems in...
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Emancipation Proclamation, 1862". www.archives.gov. Images of America: Altoona, by Sr. Anne Francis Pulling, 2001, 10. Lincoln, Abraham (June 15, 1953)...
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States, near both Gallitzin Borough, & Gallitzin Township in the greater Altoona, Pennsylvania area. The park is home to Glendale Lake a 1,635 acres (662 ha)...
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Historical Society Middletown Fall Creek Township Historical Society Mississinewa Battlefield Society Monon Railroad Historical–Technical Society, Inc...
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Route 55: Bucktail Trail (1927) Pennsylvania Route 64: Horseshoe Trail, Altoona-Bellefonte-Cumberland Trail (1927) Pennsylvania Route 66: Anchor Line Pennsylvania...
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position and could not be manually overridden. The pilot saw a small dirt strip (Hollidaysburg Airport, south of Altoona, Pennsylvania), and made an emergency...
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managed by the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) for hunting, trapping, and fishing. These lands, often not usable for farming or development, are donated...
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depot stop on the Denver, Memphis, & Atlantic Railroad, the depot was transferred to Towner, Colorado, and the settlement went into sharp decline. The town...
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Witch Island (section French and Indian War)
p. 8. Retrieved February 5, 2023. "Letters Do Not Indicate Suicide". Altoona Times. November 27, 1906. p. 10. Retrieved February 5, 2023. "Witch of...
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Sauro (January 21, 2018). "Support shown for Blair County Women's March". Altoona Mirror. Retrieved February 6, 2019. Kevin G. Stiffler (January 22, 2018)...
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