East Broad Top

Diesel Ride

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Enjoy a leisurely train ride through the heart of Central Pennsylvania! Excursions take passengers on a scenic one-hour roundtrip through rolling hills, farms, and forests. Trains depart northbound from the historic Orbisonia Station along our narrow-gauge mainline, originally constructed in 1872. Take a true step back in time and enjoy a ride on America’s oldest operating narrow gauge railroad.

East Broad Top Railroad

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Rockhill, Pa / Jun 2022 / RWH

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No. M-7 — Built 1964 — General Electric

This General Electric center-cab switcher was originally built as a 50-tonner, but a previous owner increased its weight to 55 tons. It is diesel-electric and is used as our heavy duty yard switcher and on rare occasion must substitute for a steam engine. It was purchased in 1993 from an Algoma Steel mill in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, where it used to push cars with molds on them into and out of the various pouring stands. While not original to the railroad, [our] diesel locomotives have become part of the railroad’s legacy. They often help with moving equipment and occasionally pull our passenger trains.

East Broad Top Railroad

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Rockhill, Pa / Jun 2022 / RWH

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EBT route map / RWH

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Rockhill, Pa / Jun 2022 / RWH

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Jun 2022 / RWH

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Jun 2022 / RWH

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Click to see the Colgate Grove wye area plotted on a Google Maps page

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Jun 2022 / RWH

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Jun 2022 / RWH

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Rockhill, Pa / Jun 2022 / RWH

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See also our complete Rockhill Trolley Museum scrapbook in Preservation

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This page was updated on 2022-09-01