Hello,
I am from Ohio, but now working in CT. My girlfriend still lives in OH until December (when she graduates school), so my only way of seeing her is when I drive back and forth. Since her family is from PA, there is a good Pizza place in Natrona Heights, and I thought I'd surprise her one day, and got her some pizza from this place. Anyways, my GPS had me get off of I-80 west and follow route 28 down through New Bethlehem. I noticed an recently abandoned railroad that nearly paralleled the first half of the route off of I-80. Looking at Google maps, one can see that trackage was in place at the time the satellite photo was taken, but the trackage was not there when I drove through it. The railroad nearly parallels the river that passes through New Bethlehem.
I can't find any good historical PA railroad maps, so I was interested in who operated it, and when he line saw its last train. Also, I noticed on Google Maps, there are two railroads on each side of the river that runs through Kittanning, PA. Are those lines both abandoned?
Thanks
I am from Ohio, but now working in CT. My girlfriend still lives in OH until December (when she graduates school), so my only way of seeing her is when I drive back and forth. Since her family is from PA, there is a good Pizza place in Natrona Heights, and I thought I'd surprise her one day, and got her some pizza from this place. Anyways, my GPS had me get off of I-80 west and follow route 28 down through New Bethlehem. I noticed an recently abandoned railroad that nearly paralleled the first half of the route off of I-80. Looking at Google maps, one can see that trackage was in place at the time the satellite photo was taken, but the trackage was not there when I drove through it. The railroad nearly parallels the river that passes through New Bethlehem.
I can't find any good historical PA railroad maps, so I was interested in who operated it, and when he line saw its last train. Also, I noticed on Google Maps, there are two railroads on each side of the river that runs through Kittanning, PA. Are those lines both abandoned?
Thanks
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