Portstown Park, Huntingdon, PA
An abandoned railroad trestle runs through the park and across the river. Above the timbers slowly rot away; below, the supporting masonry is kept painted. Trains still use a line in the background hundreds of times daily. The new and old lines meet beside the abandoned Blair Co. smokestack, just visible past the tree.
See it from the sky: Click on "map", then select "hybrid".
This steel span is the long bridge built for the Huntindgon & Broadtop Mountain Railroad in 1911, according to the data here. You can find more on the history (or fate) of the operation at the Rail City Museum, several fascinating photos at Waynes Hobbies, and an overview of the Broadtop area coal fields here.
Portstown Park, Huntingdon, PA
An abandoned railroad trestle runs through the park and across the river. Above the timbers slowly rot away; below, the supporting masonry is kept painted. Trains still use a line in the background hundreds of times daily. The new and old lines meet beside the abandoned Blair Co. smokestack, just visible past the tree.
See it from the sky: Click on "map", then select "hybrid".
This steel span is the long bridge built for the Huntindgon & Broadtop Mountain Railroad in 1911, according to the data here. You can find more on the history (or fate) of the operation at the Rail City Museum, several fascinating photos at Waynes Hobbies, and an overview of the Broadtop area coal fields here.