Bed time at Rockhill Furnace. Completing a full day of operations, the crew of East Broad Top Mikado #16 takes their engine past the "stone house" in the yard at Rockhill Furnace, PA, on their way to the engine house, just ahead. The stone house predates the railroad by more than a century and was once a private residence in this little town. When the railroad moved in, they apparently saw value in this sturdy building and made it their Master Mechanic's Office. In the preservation era, this structure has been largely used as a storage facility, but with the rebirth of the East Broad Top Railroad under the new EBT Foundation, one of the near-term goals is to return this structure to its former function. With 5 more Mikados in line for restoration, the Master Mechanic can likely use the additional space, not to mention the view.
This image was captured during an April, 2023 photo shoot at the East Broad Top Railroad, organized by Lerro Photography and featuring the newly restored EBT Locomotive #16, which is one of two EBT Mikes that had not run since the mid-1950s.
A continuously growing album of photos that IMHO reveal the awesome and seldom-seen beauty of the railroad world from the dimming of day to dawn's early light! From dusk to dawn, trains roll on! (I'm still finding gems of sunset-to-sunrise surprises!)
A look at the one-time coal-hauler, which ran as a tourist railroad for decades and finally ceased operations in 2011. The album includes photos from an October 2010 charter as well as images from the very last Fall Spectacular in October of 2011.
