Altoona and Beech Creek Railroad
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altoona-and-beech-creek-railroad-313-10346143
title:
Altoona and Beech Creek Railroad
text:
The Altoona and Beech Creek Railroad was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad in Pennsylvania that operated during the late ninteeth and early twentieth centuries. It carried passenger traffic from the vicinity of Altoona to Wopsononock and coal and timber from Wopsononock and Dougherty to Altoona. Originally constructed to facilitate the development of coal mines and resorts atop the Allegheny Plateau, it became involved in a complicated and ultimately unsuccessful scheme to break the Pennsyl
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wiki
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description:
Defunct narrow-gauge railroad in Pennsylvania
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altoona_and_Beech_Creek_Railroad
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date modified:
2023-09-18T06:55:30Z
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