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Viewing Album:  A Ride on the East Broad Top Railroad
 
By:Matthew Zisi
Dates:7/5/2024 - 7/5/2024
Album Info:Howdy, friends! I got to go to Pennsylvania last summer, and if you know anything about trains in Pennsylvania, then you know that the state's chock-full of tourist railroads and museums. The East Broad Top looked intriguing, so I went to visit it. Out of service from 2011-20, the railroad reopened for rides in 2021 and is doing well, with beautiful new coaches and a wonderful depot from which to board the trains at. A second treat is the Rockhill Furnace Trolley Museum, which is located right next door. The ride takes you through the beautiful Pennsylvania countryside, and (though I didn't have time this trip) you can tour the railroad's roundhouse and see where they work on the engines! A definite must-see if you're ever in Central Pennsylvania! Note: The East Broad Top Railroad owns 6 steam engines; unfortunately, they weren't in service when I was there, so none of them are photographed here. Locomotive 16 is up and running again, though, and hopefully more will be as well in the future.
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The East Broad Top Railroad
Title:  The East Broad Top Railroad
Description:  Founded in 1871, this narrow gauge railroad hauled coal and iron ore before becoming a tourist railroad in 1960. It has been operated for all but 12 years since 1871.
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 3:17:05 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
Locomotives:  EBT m-7(55Tonner)
Views:  259   Comments: 0
The East Broad Top Railroad
Title:  The East Broad Top Railroad
Description:  Looks like the train is just about ready to go!
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 3:17:44 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
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EBT M-7
Title:  EBT M-7
Description:  The engineer is about to get on.
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 3:18:15 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  EBT m-7(55Tonner)
Views:  163   Comments: 0
Conductors on the Platform
Title:  Conductors on the Platform
Description:  They are very friendly and knowledgable about the history of the railroad.
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 3:18:54 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  131   Comments: 0
Coach Interior
Title:  Coach Interior
Description:  Though built to look historic, these coaches actually were built in 2022 for the railroad.
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 3:20:11 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  156   Comments: 0
Coach Interior
Title:  Coach Interior
Description:  Hence the wheelchair lift, if you need it!
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 3:20:40 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  107   Comments: 0
View on the Route
Title:  View on the Route
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 3:21:59 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Scenic
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View on the Route
Title:  View on the Route
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 3:21:22 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Scenic
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Picnic Area
Title:  Picnic Area
Description:  At the north end of the route. They have a wye for turning the train around here. Interestingly enough, there are still tracks in place for several miles up to Mount Union, but they are overgrown and in need of repair.
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 3:26:01 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Track
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Views:  122   Comments: 0
Welcome Back EBT!
Title:  Welcome Back EBT!
Description:  Looks like George is a fellow railfan!
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 3:26:46 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
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Views:  128   Comments: 0
EBT 22
Title:  EBT 22
Description:  They let you off at a couple of different places. I got off here because it was closer to the trolley museum, and I was taking a trolley ride next.
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 3:27:45 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  169   Comments: 0
EBT 28
Title:  EBT 28
Description:  Built for this railroad in 1920.
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 3:29:32 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  173   Comments: 0
EBT 17
Title:  EBT 17
Description:  One of the 2022-built coaches.
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 3:29:55 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  177   Comments: 0
EBT 28
Title:  EBT 28
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 3:30:19 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  184   Comments: 0
EBT 28
Title:  EBT 28
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 3:30:41 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Track
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Views:  180   Comments: 0
MTS 1019
Title:  MTS 1019
Description:  I went all the way to Pennsylvania, only to stumble across this trolley from...San Diego?
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 3:33:38 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  SDTI 1019(LRV)
Views:  137   Comments: 1
MTS 1019
Title:  MTS 1019
Description:  San Diego was one of the first cities to get trolley service back in the US, with its trolley lines starting in 1981.
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 3:36:19 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  SDTI 1019(LRV)
Views:  124   Comments: 0
MTS 1019
Title:  MTS 1019
Description:  These 1981-built cars were retired from 2010-15. This one made it the farthest-east, although another one is in use on a trolley line in Memphis.
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 3:37:26 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  SDTI 1019(LRV)
Views:  138   Comments: 0
MTS 1019
Title:  MTS 1019
Description:  So why were they running this one instead of a more historic piece from their collection? Simple! It was a hot, muggy day, and this was the only trolley that was air-conditioned :)
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 3:38:16 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  SDTI 1019(LRV)
Views:  141   Comments: 0
Caboose
Title:  Caboose
Description:  Pennsylvania Railroad 19137, built in 1916. Not technically a trolley, but still owned by the trolley museum, not the East Broad Top Railroad.
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 3:39:19 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  139   Comments: 0
M-100
Title:  M-100
Description:  Like shy animals at a zoo, most of the trolleys were hiding, but this little guy was out and on display! M-100 was built by Kalamazoo Manufacturing for the Navy in 1945.
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 3:41:32 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
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Views:  113   Comments: 0
M-100
Title:  M-100
Description:  You can see a couple of the older trolleys in the background. The green one, #2743, was built in 1947 and served in Philadelphia.
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 4:36:40 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Transit
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Views:  106   Comments: 0
East Broad Top Depot
Title:  East Broad Top Depot
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 4:37:22 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  105   Comments: 0
East Broad Top Railyard
Title:  East Broad Top Railyard
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 5:09:38 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  115   Comments: 0
East Broad Top Tracks
Title:  East Broad Top Tracks
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 5:10:02 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  120   Comments: 0
East Broad Top Tracks
Title:  East Broad Top Tracks
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 5:10:45 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  117   Comments: 0
Freight Office
Title:  Freight Office
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 4:42:22 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  109   Comments: 0
Caboose
Title:  Caboose
Description:  Central of Georgia Railroad X-39. They are not sure what year it was built, but it is wooden, so it must be old!
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 5:14:48 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  122   Comments: 0
MTS 1019
Title:  MTS 1019
Description:  Door controls
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 5:16:59 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  SDTI 1019(LRV)
Views:  133   Comments: 0
Trolleys
Title:  Trolleys
Description:  The orange one is Johnstown 311, which was built in 1922.
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 5:22:53 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Transit
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Views:  143   Comments: 0
EBT 954
Title:  EBT 954
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 5:24:28 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  120   Comments: 0
EBT 830 1016
Title:  EBT 830 1016
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 5:24:56 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  113   Comments: 0
Trolley Shed
Title:  Trolley Shed
Description:  This is where most of the trolleys were hiding.
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 5:25:31 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
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Remains of the Rockhill Furnace
Title:  Remains of the Rockhill Furnace
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 5:30:07 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
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Views:  122   Comments: 0
Blacklog Narrows
Title:  Blacklog Narrows
Description:  They have a little station right here, though nowhere to park. This is a little further east on Highway 522.
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 5:31:59 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
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Views:  125   Comments: 0
East Broad Top Railyard
Title:  East Broad Top Railyard
Description:  The little yellow diesel is M-4, a Plymouth switcher built in 1947.
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 5:33:34 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  EBT M-4(12-ton)
Views:  191   Comments: 0
EBT 28
Title:  EBT 28
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 5:34:00 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  169   Comments: 0
EBT M-4 & 23
Title:  EBT M-4 & 23
Description:  EBT 23 is one of the 2022-built coaches.
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 5:34:43 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  EBT M-4(12-ton)
Views:  198   Comments: 0
EBT 28
Title:  EBT 28
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 5:35:15 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  184   Comments: 0
EBT 17
Title:  EBT 17
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 5:35:37 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  149   Comments: 0
EBT 22
Title:  EBT 22
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 5:36:07 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  173   Comments: 0
EBT 168
Title:  EBT 168
Description:  This was actually built in 1920 as a boxcar. It was converted to an open-air passenger car in 2008.
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 5:36:35 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  147   Comments: 0
EBT M-7
Title:  EBT M-7
Description:  The little engine that could!
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 2:41:48 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  EBT m-7(55Tonner)
Views:  157   Comments: 0
EBT M-7
Title:  EBT M-7
Description:  Built by GE in 1964
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 2:43:15 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  EBT m-7(55Tonner)
Views:  158   Comments: 0
EBT M-7
Title:  EBT M-7
Description:  It actually is not original to the railroad but was purchased from an Algoma Steel Mill in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, in 1993.
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 2:44:20 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  EBT m-7(55Tonner)
Views:  155   Comments: 0
EBT M-7
Title:  EBT M-7
Description:  Built as a 50-tonner, this engine was later modified into a 55-tonner.
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 2:45:15 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  EBT m-7(55Tonner)
Views:  149   Comments: 0
EBT M-7
Title:  EBT M-7
Description:  It gave us a very smooth ride!
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 2:45:44 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  EBT m-7(55Tonner)
Views:  138   Comments: 0
EBT M-7
Title:  EBT M-7
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 3:12:11 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  EBT m-7(55Tonner)
Views:  147   Comments: 0
EBT M-7
Title:  EBT M-7
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 2:46:21 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  EBT m-7(55Tonner)
Views:  145   Comments: 0
East Broad Top Roundhouse
Title:  East Broad Top Roundhouse
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/5/2024  Upload Date: 1/20/2025 5:37:21 PM
Location:  Rockhill, PA
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  122   Comments: 0

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