• Source: Pennsylvania Gravity Railroad

The Pennsylvania Gravity Railroad was a gravity railroad established to ship anthracite coal in Pennsylvania. It was established in 1850 and covered 47 miles to the Delaware and Hudson Canal. It was succeeded by the Erie and Wyoming Valley Railroad in 1885. A historical marker commemorates the line. Old Gravity Road and the village of Gravity were named for it.




Further reading


Pennsylvania Coal Company: Photographs of the Gravity Railroad Near Scranton, 1950




References

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• List of Pennsylvania railroads
• Delaware and Hudson Canal Gravity Railroad Shops
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• Erie Railroad
• List of tunnels in Pennsylvania
• Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway