Allegheny Portage Railroad
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The Allegheny Portage Railroad was the first railroad constructed through the Allegheny Mountains in central Pennsylvania. It operated from 1834 to 1854 as the first transportation infrastructure thro
Incline 6 Trail and Recreated Tracks
Old Portage Railroad, a drawing by George W. Storm, 1839
Profile of the original line of the Portage railroad from Hollidaysburg to Johnstown
Exterior of Engine House 6 Exhibit Building
Portage railway
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A portage railway is a short, and possibly isolated, section of railway used to bypass an unnavigable section of a river or to connect two bodies of water which are not directly linked. Sometimes, car
Allegheny Portage Railroad
…range of the Allegheny Front. About 36 miles (58 km) long overall, both ends connected to the Pennsylvania Canal, and the system was primarily used as a portage railway, hauling river boats and barges over the divide between the Ohio and the Susquehanna Rivers. Today, the remains of the railroad are preserved within…
A Huntsville and Lake of Bays Railway engine, an example of a small locomotive on a narrow-gauge portage railway.