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Montour Railroad History Columns
from the Montour Trail Newsletter

Picking Coal

Picking Coal
Jan 2024
Junctions and Interchanges

Junctions & Interchanges
Mar 2024
Tunnels

Tunnels
May 2024
Gilmore Junction

Gilmore Junction
July 2024
Lotus Bridge

Lotus Bridge
Sep 2024
Green Man Tunnel

Green Man Tunnel
Nov 2024
Coke Ovens

Coke Ovens
Jan 2023
Pittsburgh and Moon Run RR

Pittsburgh & Moon Run RR
Mar 2023
Champion Plant

Champion Plant
May 2023
A View of Champion Coal Prep Plant

A View of the Champion Plant
July 2023
Jim Lane Stories

Jim Lane Stories
Sep 2023
Greer Tunnel

Greer Tunnel
Nov 2023
Brief History

Brief History
Jan 2022
Rock Slide

Rock Slide
Mar 2022
Montour #10

Montour #10
May 2022
Imperial

Imperial
July 2022
Clinton Block Mine

Clinton Block Mine
Sep 2022
Hendersonville

Hendersonville
Nov 2022
1936 Flood

St. Patrick's Day Flood of 1936
Jan 2021
National Mines 2 & 3

National Mines 2 & 3
March 2021
Tool House

Tool Houses
May-2021
Chartiers Creek Bridge

Chartiers Creek Bridge
July 2021
The Mine Whistle

The Mine Whistle
Sep 2021
Passenger Service

Passenger Service
Nov 2021
Montour #2 - Cowden

Montour #2 Cowden
Jan 2020
Jim Lane Widow

Jim Lane's & The Widows House
March 2020


Trackside Telephones
May 2020
Sidings

Sidings on the Main Line
July 2020
Company Store

Company Store
September 2020
Jewell Siding

Jewell Siding
November 2020
Car Cleaner

Car Cleaner
Jan 2019
Thompsonville

Thompsonville
March 2019
Library Viaduct

Library Viaduct - 100 Years
May 2019
Montour # 10 100 Years

Montour # 10 Mine 100 Years
July 2019
Brush Run Bridge

Brush Run Bridge
September 2019
2019-11 Partridge Mine

Partridge Mine
Nov 2019


X1 Railroad Crane
Nov 2018













Hills Transfer Track
Sep 2018


Boggs
July 2018


Morris Mine
May 2018


Nelson Industries
March 2018


Realignment
January 2018



Mine Types
November 2017


Montour #1
September 2017


Corn Run
July 2017


Piny Fork
May 2017


Muse Branch
March 2017

Andrew Montour

Montour's Namesake
January 2017
Bethel Park and on to Mifflin

Bethel Park and on to Mifflin
November 2016
Henderson Mine

Henderson Mine
Septembar 2016
Lirary Junction

Library Junction
July 2016
Dicson Mine

Dickson Mine
March 2016



Bridges On The Montour Pt 2
January 2016


Bridges On The Montour Pt 1
November 2015


Moon Run Railroad
May 2013


Transitions
March 2013



Montour Junction Shops
January 2013







     September 2015, Venice Bridge - Bryan Seip
July 2015, Bridge VB-2 at East End Hills - Bryan Seip

May 2015, Montour Locomotives - Bryan Seip

July 2013,  A Centtury Ago on the Montour Railroad - Bryan Seip

September 2013,  How Many Tunnels? - Bryan Seip








November 2013,  How Coal Moved On and Off the Montour - Bryan Seip

January 2014,  Montour Junction Car Shop - Bryan Seip

March 2014, Where Can A Locomotive Get A Drink? - Bryan Seip

May 2014, Industries along the Montour Railroad - Briggs and Turivas - Bryan Seip

July 2014, Library Viaduct - Bryan Seip








September 2014, The Wreck of Engine 76 - Bryan Seip

January 2015, Montour Memories of Hendersonville, - Pam Nixon

March 2015, Montour Cabooses - Bryan Seip


Sep 2012 Jeffreytown Tunnel


Nov 2012 - Telephones









Jan 2012 Greers


Jul 2012 Section Gangs


Mar 2012 Westland Branch


May 2012 The Junkyard


Sep 2011 Hopper Cars









Nov 2011 McDonald Transfer


May 2011 Disco


March 2011 Government Suit


July 2011 Westland #2


Jan 2011 Westland Redux